A COUPLE was at the dinner table when a bulldozer rumbled into their home and tore the ceiling down.

　The bulldozer operator had the wrong address, officials said. Yesenia Reyes and her husband were eating in the kitchen of their rented home in Hollywood, Florida, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, when the bulldozer roared up and began a demolition job.

　Their three children were away at the time. “He came in through the back, and he just took the ceiling down. He almost came through my son’s bedroom,” Reyes said.

　The Reyeses bounded for their door and yelled at the operator, stopping him in time to leave part of the roof intact.

　No one was injured. The president of Zara Inc., the private contractor that employed the operator and had been demolishing homes in the area, said his company would repair the damage done, estimated by Hollywood Fire-Rescue officials at US$5,000.

　“I can fix it in two days,” said George Zaragozi, company president. “He made a mistake and thought it was supposed to be demolished.” (SD-Agencies)