The Associated Press
An apparent sinkhole has apparently swallowed a small lake in an Ocala neighborhood.
Woodland Villages Association property manager Wes Herren told the Ocala Star-Banner (http://bit.ly/13QEq0F ) that something appeared wrong with the lake on Tuesday afternoon. By 4:30 p.m., Herren says his phone was bombarded with calls from residents saying the lake was ``essentially gone.''
Herren says he called engineers, area contractors and the city's public works department for help. By nightfall, the lake _ which once took up about 5 acres and was up to 8-feet deep in places _ was drained.
Woodland Villages has about 700 residents living in estate homes, condominiums, townhomes and patio homes. Herren says a similar incident happened in 1996.
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