Watch: Sinking feeling for Mexican family as giant hole threatens home

The giant sinkhole started as a five-metre hole on Saturday but has grown rapidly to its present size

The 70-metre sinkhole in Mexico (Screengrab/AP)

A massive sinkhole measuring some 60 metres in diameter and 20 metres deep has appeared in a farmers field in south-eastern Mexico where it is threatening to swallow a nearby house.

The giant sinkhole, in the town of Juan C Bonilla in Puebla state, started as a five-metre hole on Saturday but has grown rapidly to its present size.