- Two storey wooden building was reduced to pile of splinters by huge rock
- It came rolling down a nearby valley after a landslide near Rockville, Ohio
- The unsuspecting victims were inside the property when it was flattened
The house in Rockville, Utah, was completely demolished by the rock, which crushed the entire wooden structure of the building, leaving behind a scene of complete devastation.
When emergency services arrived at the scene, shortly after 5pm yesterday, they found the splintered remains of the home buried under the weight of the gigantic boulder which stood at a height of around 15ft.
Impact: The house, which stood alone in front of a cliff face was crushed by the giant boulder after it was dislodged by the landslide
The town is located on the main highway through Zion National Park, NBC station KSL in Salt Lake City reported.
As it was: The two storey house had concrete foundations with a wooden upper tier which was smashed by the boulder
He added that the cause of the fall is being treated as natural with no human activity being blamed for triggering the slide.
McGuire said the house 'just flattened out' when the debris hit, confirming that nobody in the house has survived.
Emergency crews responded to the slide but their work has been hampered by the dangerous conditions overhead.
Rescue efforts were suspended until this morning because of dangerous conditions.
A similar incident in 2002 saw another home destroyed but no one was harmed.
Recovery: Emergency crews began working at the scene but were forced to call off their search due to the risk of further falling debris
... but building or living in a house in such an obviously unsafe location is like playing the lottery with gravity and erosion every day of the rest of your life. Look at the large boulder on the reference picture's right side, which probably fell within a couple thousand years or so. Heck, look at the scoop in the hill above your house, like a funnel for all the debris that already fell to make up the hillside's current rocky slope. Try to infer what might happen in the future.