After 15 years of the massive sinkhole remaining stable, Diasetta city officials found on...
Today, Daisetta city officials said in a release that they were made aware on Sunday that the sinkhole has expanded. The Chronicle reached out to confirm how deep the sinkhole has reached, but Daisetta officials were not immediately available to comment.
"City officials immediately contacted the offices of the Liberty County Judge, the Liberty County Fire Marshall, and the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and notified residents in the immediate area of the situation," the city of Diasetta released in a statement."City officials are closely monitoring the situation and will work with state and local authorities to provide updates to the community as the situation progresses.
A helicopter flies over a large sinkhole with a Hazardous Materials workers Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in Daisetta. According to the U.S. geological survey, the sinkhole is in a salt dome which is susceptible to rapid dissolution. "Injection of fluids into this salt dome increased the dissolution of the salt causing a 60-foot deep sinkhole that covered several acres and destroyed many buildings,"A Texas Railroad Commission report in 2009 found it"inconclusive" as to whether two saltwater disposal wells near the sinkhole were responsible for the ground's collapse.
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