An 8-foot-by-8-foot sinkhole appeared on the property of Algonquin resident Tom Gamoe in 2008.

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A 2009 sinkhole collapsed the pavement from underneath a Des Plaines police officer and his squad car in 2009 along Lee Street.

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Demolition experts watch as the home of Jeff Bush, 37, is destroyed Sunday in Seffner, Fla. The 20-foot-wide opening of the sinkhole was almost covered by the house, and rescuers said there were no signs of life since the hole opened Thursday night.

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This huge sinkhole took a couple of cars with it when it broke open in the parking lot of the Manor Restaurant in East Dundee in February 2002.

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A sinkhole at the northwest corner of Dundee and Hicks roads in Palatine in July 2011 was caused by a collapsed sewer during a heavy summer rainfall.

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