PHOTOS: House hanging over Lake Whitney, Texas, burned
June 13, 2014
Debris falls as a gated community White Bluff home is burned to save Lake Whitney from falling debris Friday, June 13, 2014 in Lake Whitney, Texas. The White Bluff home is built on a fault line and is gradually collapsing with the cliff side into the lake. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins) ( Lake Whitney House Burn )
A gated community White Bluff home is burned to save Lake Whitney from falling debris Friday June 13, 2014 in Lake Whitney, Texas. The White Bluff home is built on a fault line and is gradually collapsing with the cliff side into the lake. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins) ( Lake Whitney House Burn )
A $700,000 vacation home perched on a crumbling cliff overlooking Lake Whitney is engulfed by fire as demolition crews deliberately burned the structure to the ground rather than wait for it to crumble into the water as the land faltered around it, Friday, June 13, 2014, near Whitney, Texas. The house was condemned earlier after a fracture appeared in the bluff on which it was built. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Texas-House-Cliff )
Boaters watch as a $700,000 vacation home perched on a crumbling cliff overlooking Lake Whitney is engulfed by fire as demolition crews deliberately burned the structure to the ground rather than wait for it to crumble into the water as the land faltered around it, Friday, June 13, 2014, near Whitney, Texas. The house was condemned earlier after a fracture appeared in the bluff on which it was built. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Texas-House-Cliff )
A $700,000 vacation home perched on a crumbling cliff overlooking Lake Whitney is engulfed by fire as demolition crews deliberately burned the structure to the ground rather than wait for it to crumble into the water as the land faltered around it, Friday, June 13, 2014, near Whitney, Texas. The house was condemned earlier after a fracture appeared in the bluff on which it was built. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Texas-House-Cliff )
Debris falls as a gated community White Bluff home is burned to save Lake Whitney from falling debris Friday, June 13, 2014 in Lake Whitney, Texas. The White Bluff home is built on a fault line and is gradually collapsing with the cliff side into the lake. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins) ( Lake Whitney House Burn )
Debris falls as a gated community White Bluff home is burned to save Lake Whitney from falling debris Friday June 13, 2014 in Lake Whitney, Texas. The White Bluff home is built on a fault line and is gradually collapsing with the cliff side into the lake. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ron Jenkins) ( Lake Whitney House Burn )
In this image taken from video provided June 12, 2014, by WFAA.Com, a luxury house teeters on a cliff about 75 feet above Lake Whitney in Whitney, Texas. The owner of a vacant luxury house teetering on a crumbling 75-foot cliff over a Central Texas lake has decided to burn the house and clear the lot of the debris. (AP Photo/WFAA.Com) ( Texas House Cliff )
In this image taken from Tuesday, June 10, 2014 video provided by WFAA-TV, a luxury house teeters on a cliff about 75 feet above Lake Whitney in Whitney, Texas. WFAA-TV reported Wednesday, June 11, 2014 that the house has been condemned and the owners evacuated about two weeks ago. (AP Photo/WFAA.com) ( Texas House Cliff )
In this image taken from Tuesday, June 10, 2014 video provided by WFAA-TV, a luxury house teeters on a cliff about 75 feet above Lake Whitney in Whitney, Texas. WFAA-TV reported Wednesday, June 11, 2014 that the house has been condemned and the owners evacuated about two weeks ago. (AP Photo/WFAA.com) ( Texas House Cliff )
Boaters examine a $700,000 vacation home perched on a crumbling cliff overlooking Lake Whitney that was later burned to the ground deliberately Friday, June 13, 2014, near Whitney, Texas. The house was condemned earlier after a fracture appeared in the bluff on which it was built. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte) ( Texas-House-Cliff )
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