Geologists and engineering crews are examining the Holiday sinkhole that swallowed a car, as well as a second sinkhole that opened a short distance away.

Six homes were evacuated Monday after the hole opened up at 1728 Torch Drive around 10:45 a.m. The sinkhole measures about 10 feet wide and about 10 feet deep. It developed at the top of a driveway where a car was parked.

According to officials, water is now in the hole, partially submerging the car.

Starting as a depression, the driveway gave way to the hole, which may have been years in the making, officials said.

Geologists say the second sinkhole, which opened Tuesday afternoon, is likely part of the same sinkhole. It's about the same size as the one that opened on Monday.

The new holes may be the remnants of an old hole, officials said. This new sinkhole may actually be an old sinkhole documented in the same area in the 1940s, making another appearance. Early data shows this sinkhole may be isolated to just this area.

"It's still moving very slowly," said geologist Sandy Nettles. "But I don't think it's going to expand. Maybe it will affect the other two adjacent trailers, but I don't think it's going to go beyond that."

Geologists are now looking at both holes, along with other spots in the area.  They are using devices called geophones, which send pressure waves through the ground to measure the density 50 feet below the surface.

So far the data on the first hole is clear, showing the dense material disappearing.

The information comes as no surprise to Dr. Bret Jarrett, who has data showing the sinkholes around the mobile home park and the Holiday area over the past 10-15 years.

“You can see there's quite a scatter of about 50 cases that we’ve worked on that have shown remnants of sinkholes,”he said.

An old aerial shot of the area before the park shows sinkhole activity where the park is located now.

“That's probably been there for a long time but it’s reactivated,” Jarrett said.

Once geologists finish analyzing the data, they will bring in a geotechnical engineer to determine how to stabilize and fix the hole.

Caution tape remains up around the impacted homes and people are being kept out.

The Red Cross is helping the displaced families find temporary housing.