Sinkhole in Maitland remains unstable as crews pump 20,000 gallons of water

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]WESH TWO NEWS HAS A CREW ON THE WAY TO THE SCENE, AND WE’LL BRING YOU UPDATES AS WE LEARN MORE.

[00:00:06]IN THE MEANTIME, A SINKHOLE IN MAITLAND, STILL UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON.

[00:00:10]WE FIRST BROKE THIS NEWS TO YOU FRIDAY ON WESH TWO NEWS SUNRISE.

[00:00:14]THIS HAS SHUT DOWN NORTH WYMORE ROAD BETWEEN ORONO ROAD AND HOPE ROAD.

[00:00:18]WESH 2 NEWS KENNY MASON IS THERE LIVE IN KENNEDY PUBLIC WORKS IS TESTING THE HOLE BY FILLING IT WITH WATER.

[00:00:23]NOW.

[00:00:24]THEY ARE.

[00:00:25]AND PUBLIC WORKS SAYS THEY HAVE PUMPED 20,000 GALLONS INTO THAT SINKHOLE.

[00:00:30]THEY SAY THAT THE WATER IS NOT STAYING, MEANING IT’S NOT STABLE AND THEY CAN’T START REPAIRS.

[00:00:36]YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROAD IS STILL BLOCKED OFF HERE WITH BARRICADES.

[00:00:43]TRUCKS, EQUIPMENT AND CREWS FILLED A SHUT DOWN PORTION OF NORTH WYMORE ROAD IN MAITLAND ON MONDAY, AS ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS TESTS A SINKHOLE.

[00:00:54]DARYL MOODY WITH PUBLIC WORKS SAYS CREWS ARE PUMPING WATER TO SEE IF THE HOLE WILL DRAIN OUT.

[00:01:00]AN INDICATION OF WHETHER THE SINKHOLE HAS STABILIZED ENOUGH TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION.

[00:01:06]WE’VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT 20,000 GALLONS OF WATER IN IT SO FAR.

[00:01:10]THE SINKHOLE SWALLOWED A SECTION OF NORTH WYMORE ROAD FRIDAY MORNING.

[00:01:14]WE DID GET SOME PRETTY DECENT RAIN LAST WEEK.

[00:01:16]SO IT’S, YOU KNOW, NOT HARD TO IMAGINE THESE SINKHOLES FORMING IF YOU SPEND ANY, ANY, YOU KNOW, LENGTH OF TIME IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE PRETTY COMMON.

[00:01:25]PUBLIC WORKS SAYS IT WAS ORIGINALLY 20FT IN DIAMETER, BUT BY FRIDAY NIGHT IT DOUBLED IN SIZE.

[00:01:32]HOWEVER, THIS WEEKEND THE HOLE SHOWED LITTLE TO NO GROWTH.

[00:01:35]IT’S GOOD NEWS FOR RESIDENTS LIKE SUSAN JAFFE.

[00:01:37]I REALLY WANT TO KNOW THAT IT HAS STOPPED GROWING.

[00:01:40]THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

[00:01:41]THAT’S REALLY, I WOULD SAY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN.

[00:01:44]MOODY SAYS WHEN THE HOLE DOES STABILIZE, THEN WE CAN GO IN AND BACKFILL.

[00:01:49]WE’LL REMOVE THE ASPHALT, WE’LL BACKFILL IT WITH DIRT AND EARTH, AND THEN WE’LL MAKE MAKE THE ROADWAY REPAIRS.

[00:01:56]AND FOR NOW, PUBLIC WORKS SAYS THAT THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE FILLING THAT HOLE WITH WATER UNTI