A large rescue effort was underway at the scene in Miami-Dade County, Fla. At least one person was killed, the police said.
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A search-and-rescue effort involving firefighters, police officers and search dogs was underway on Thursday after a high-rise residential building just north of Miami Beach partially collapsed.
At least one person was killed, the police said. Florida’s governor said officials were bracing for “bad news.”
Here’s what we know about the scene.
What happened?
About half of the 136 units in the 12-story tower had collapsed, according to Daniella Levine Cava, the mayor of Miami-Dade County, Fla. “We’re going to do everything we can possibly do to identify and rescue those who have been trapped in the rubble,” she said at a news conference Thursday morning.
The beachside building, at 8777 Collins Avenue, is called Champlain Towers South and was built in 1981, according to city property records. It has 136 units, according to to the Miami-Dade property appraiser.
Fiorella Terenzi, an associate professor at Florida International University who lives in a neighboring building, Champlain Towers East, said she woke up early Thursday to a loud noise.
The sound “was like a big thump all of a sudden,” she said. At first she thought it was thunder but then started to hear sirens. When she left the building, dust was everywhere.
“I could see that half of the building of the Champlain Towers South was collapsed like a sandwich,” said Ms. Terenzi.
How many people were hurt or killed?
The police have confirmed one death. “We are bracing for some bad news, just given the destruction that we’re seeing,” Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida told reporters.
About 35 people were rescued from the building, and two were pulled from the rubble, Ray Jadallah, a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue assistant fire chief, said at the news conference.
“A number of people” were rushed to nearby hospitals from the rubble of the collapsed building, a police spokesman said. At least two people were in critical condition, according to a spokesman for Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.
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As of 10 a.m. Thursday, 51 people who own units in the building had not been accounted for, Commissioner Sally Heyman of Miami-Dade County said that officials had informed her. That did not mean they were missing, she said, just that the authorities had not been able to reach them. She added that not all of the units may have been occupied by full-time residents.
Charles Burkett, the mayor of Surfside, told the “Today” show on NBC that dogs had been searching for people trapped under the rubble since 2 a.m.
“Apparently when the building came down, it pancaked,” he said. “So there’s just not a lot of voids that they’re finding or seeing from the outside.”
He said 15 families were being relocated to hotels.
Mr. Burkett said that it was also unclear how stable the rest of the building was. The authorities said it was not immediately clear what caused the building to collapse.
Christine Hauser and Derrick Bryson Taylor contributed reporting.
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