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>> PAM: NOW AT SIX.
>> KINDA SCARY SEEING THE
HOLE UNDERNEATH YOUR
FOUNDATION
>> PAM: THE RED TAGS GO UP
AS A SINKHOLE THREATENS FOUR
HOMES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
THE PROBLEM THAT BEGAN WITH
A RUPTURED WATER MAIN LAST
WEEK. IS NOT GOING AWAY.
>> JUST WANT A PLAN AS TO
WHAT COMES NEXT
>> PAM: GROWING CONCERNS
TONIGHT OVER SEVERAL LARGE
SINKHOLES IN SAN FRANCISCO'S
WEST PORTAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIVE WITH WHAT NEIGHBORS
ARE SAYING ABOUT THE
POTENTIAL THEIR HOMES COULD
COLLAPSE.
NERVOUS
>> REPORTER: CRACKS NOW
COVER EVERY WALL IN MARINA
SIMONIAN'S HOUSE. A SIGN HER
HOMES FOUNDATION IS
COLLAPSING.
TO BLAME SEVERAL SINKHOLES
ON HER STREET.
SHE IS SURROUNDED BY
THEMAND CAN SEE TWO OF THE
HOLES IN HER NEIGHBORS
PROPERTY.
AND SHE JUST DISCOVERED A
SMALL ONE UNDER HER PATIO.
BUT SHE IS NOT CONSIDERING
LEAVING HER HOME OF 50 YEARS
JUST YET.
>> THE ENGINEERS HAVE BEEN
IN HERE AND THEY THINK
EVERYTHING IS VERY STABLE. I
JUST HAVE MY FINGERS
CROSSED.
(HAMMER)
>> REPORTER: WORK KEEPS
GOING ON DOZENS OF HOMES
TRYING TO DRY OUT AND SAVE
PERSONAL POSSESSIONS.
THIS AS RAYMOND KRUSE
DISCOVERED A HOLE IN WHAT
USED TO BE A BEDROOM. THE
FLOOR IS CAVING INSO HE IS
MOVING HIS FAMILY OUT.
>> IT IS KINDA SCARY SEEING
A HOLE UNDERNEATH YOUR
FOUNDATION. IVE GOT TWO
YOUNG GIRLS AND THAT IS
THEIR BEDROOM THAT IS OVER
THAT HOLE SO THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING YOU ARE GOING TO
WANT TO THINK ABOUT.
>> REPORTER: WE SAW THE
SINKHOLE IN THE BASEMENT OF
ANOTHER HOME ON FRIDAY.I'M
TOLD IT IS NOW 20-FEET IN
DIAMTER. MUCH BIGGER THAN
THIS. BUT NOW THE HOUSE IS
RED-TAGGED SO WE CAN'T GET
IN. THE FAMILY OF 4 IS NOW
STAYING AT A HOTEL. AND
FEELING FRUSTRATED THEY
WON'T KNOW UNTIL FRIDAYIF
THEIR INSURANCE COMPANY WILL
COVER ALL OF THEIR LOSSES.
>> THERE IS SOME
MISINFORMATION. THEY ARE NOT
TELLING US WHAT THE COVERAGE
IS. WE WANT TO PLAN FOR WHAT
IS GOING TO COMING NEXT.
>> REPORTER: THE FIGHT WITH
INSURANCE COMPANIES IS
WEATHER OR NOT THEY HAD SIX
GOALS DAMAGE COVERAGE FLOOD
INSURANCE COVERAGE OR
SIMPL SINKHOLE
COVERAGE. THE CITY IS PAYING
FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING.
NOW WE'LL SHOW YOU THE WEST
PORTAL NEIGHBORHOD AND THE
THESE THREE HOMES ARE RED-
IS THIS SAUREL STABLE THIS
IS ON A CREEK BED. IS THIS--
SOIL STABLE? THEY WANT A
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE TO KNOW
THAT THESE HOMES ARE NOT
GOING TO COLLAPSE. JUSTIN
WALDMAN, KRON 4.
>> LET US GIVE YOU A CLOSER
LOOK AT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE THREE ARE YELLOW
TAGGED.
RESIDENTS CAN STILL LIVE IN
YELLOW TAGGED HOMES.BUT ARE
NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER
CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE
HOME.
2675 2679 2683 RED
2670 YELLOW 15TH
422 AND 428 ON WAWONA