A Florida sinkhole is growing by the moment after it already reached about 70 feet in diameter and 53 feet deep, swallowing a family home Friday, NewsMax reported Nov. 15.

According to local reports, the Florida sinkhole began to demolish a part of the house early Thursday and it didn't spare the family boat and swimming pool of the Dupre's residence.

WTSP TV reported that things got out of hand in the evening while the family was fast asleep. But what could have been a bloody disaster turned out less life-threatening when the 13-year-old Ivy Dupre woke up and heard distinct banging sounds. Thinking the sound was from burglars trying to break in, she awoke her father, but from there, the story of survival ensued.

"I grabbed a rifle and start walking through the house so I could see what was going on and I hear the banging... and as I approach the back of the house and I see our back screen room just sticking out three feet off the ground, I knew instantly it opened up," Michael Dupre said in an interview for WTSP.

From there the family decided to exit their home, only to watch it collapse moments later while standing outside, CNN reported.

However, it was not only the Dupre's residence that had the worst of the situation. Michael told the Tampa Bay Times that the Florida sinkhole seems to continue to grow by the moment such that it is now a threat to the neighbors. Michael added that as of late, sinkhole has engulfed a new boat and a neighbor's pool.

According to an engineering firm that had assessed the growing Florida sinkhole earlier Dupre's home and their adjacent neighbors' houses were total loses, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Local reports stated that more than six homes were evacuated due to the impending danger the hole could do to their properties.

CNN reported that sinkholes in the said area of Dunedin, a city of nearly 35,000 people, is not at all a rarity, adding that records show about hundreds pop up annually in the Sunshine State.

In August, a sinkhole demolished a condo building in Clermont.