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Sinkhole caused by water main break in Northampton County township, homes evacuated [Update]

A car sits partially inside the open ground in a driveway as crews work to repair a sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Crews work to repair the sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Crews work to repair the sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lynn Martisofski, and her daughter Casandra Martisofski stand at the bottom of their driveway talking to their neighbor as crews work to repair a sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

A car sits partially inside the open ground in a driveway as crews work to repair a sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Crews work to repair the sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

A car sits partially inside the open ground as crews work to repair a sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lynn Martisofski, and her daughter Casandra Martisofski stand at the bottom of their driveway talking to their neighbor as crews work to repair a sinkhole on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 on Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township. Parts of the road were closed leading to the sinkhole. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

A sinkhole Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, 2025, in the 1100 block of Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township, Northampton County, has prompted multiple homes to be evacuated. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

A sinkhole Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, 2025, in the 1100 block of Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township, Northampton County, has prompted multiple homes to be evacuated. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

A sinkhole Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, 2025, in the 1100 block of Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township, Northampton County, has prompted multiple homes to be evacuated. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

A sinkhole Wednesday evening, Jan. 8, 2025, in the 1100 block of Brentwood Avenue in Hanover Township, Northampton County, has prompted multiple homes to be evacuated. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)