Florida sinkhole: Search for Jeffrey Bush called off

[Gerald]

Heavy machinery will be brought in to demolish the house.

Rescue teams in Florida have called off their efforts to recover the body of a man swallowed by a huge sinkhole under his home.

Jeffrey Bush, 36, who is presumed dead, disappeared into the sinkhole that engulfed his bedroom while he slept on Thursday night.

The house, in the suburbs of Tampa, will be destroyed, officials said.

Sinkholes are common in certain parts of Florida, although most are quite small.

"At this point it's really not possible to recover the body," Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said.

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Note: 2 March 2013 Last updated at 23:44 GMT

What a fate to be pulled down over his own house,