{"id":420213,"date":"2026-10-06T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420213\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:36:08","slug":"orlando-sinkhole-forces-residents-out-of-townhomes-newsradio-wfla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420213\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Sinkhole Forces Residents Out of Townhomes | NewsRadio WFLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando, FL &#8211; A sinkhole that formed beneath an Orlando townhome prompted an emergency response and forced multiple residents from their homes over safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The sinkhole was reported at the Villas of Costa Del Sol community, where the ground opened beneath the rear section of a residential property.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando police, firefighters and American Red Cross representatives responded to the neighborhood Sunday evening as residents were moved out of the affected homes.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday, city officials had posted condemnation notices on two townhomes, preventing residents from returning until the properties are considered safe.<\/p>\n<p>Images from the scene showed the sinkhole extending beneath part of one structure. Nearby residents also expressed concern about whether the ground could continue shifting or affect additional homes.<\/p>\n<p>A resident who lives across the street told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/10\/05\/sinkhole-opens-beneath-orlando-townhome-forcing-residents-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News 6<\/a> that sinkholes had appeared in the neighborhood before, but said this incident was different because of how close the hole was to a home.<\/p>\n<p>The neighborhood homeowners association president said an estimated seven or eight people were displaced.<\/p>\n<p>Residents later received a notice from the HOA stating that repairs would be the responsibility of the affected homeowners because the sinkhole is located on private property.<\/p>\n<p>The HOA management company said it was unable to take additional action at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Officials had not announced the cause of the sinkhole as of Monday or confirmed whether nearby properties faced additional risk.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported. City officials were still evaluating the affected homes and had not provided a timeline for when displaced residents could return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando, FL &#8211; A sinkhole that formed beneath an Orlando townhome prompted an emergency response and forced multiple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15691,139,141,140,39843,1999,58075,165983],"class_list":["post-420213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-city-officials","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-properties","tag-residents","tag-sinkhole","tag-townhome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}