DAISETTA, Texas: A large sinkhole swallowed up oil field equipment and some vehicles Wednesday in southeastern Texas and continued to grow. There were no reports of injuries or home damage.

"Right now we're not concerned about any kind of explosion or any kind of hazard," said Tom Branch, coordinator of the Liberty County Office of Emergency Management. "We are monitoring some other things around the area to make sure everyone's OK."

Television news footage showed a tractor, oil field equipment and telephone poles falling into the sinkhole as it grew near Daisetta, a community of about 1,000 people northeast of Houston.

Vehicles from a nearby state highway were being diverted, said Mary Credeur, a dispatcher with the Daisetta Police Department.

"We're just going to shut the road down and see how big it gets. Hopefully it will stop," Branch said.

just another reason to push gas prices over $5..... ok... i'm going to stop now b/c i am in a pessimistic mood.

sounds pretty bad tina

we all need to protest against the stupid gas prices its rediculous

tina

can't you just take care of it

I saw that on the news this morning and my first thought (before coffee) was 'OMG GIANT WORMS'

Everything is bigger in Texas, even the gophers. Once they get a pest control guy out there to kill the gophers, they can fill that hole back in.