Demolition of Surfside, Fla. condo to take place between Sunday night and Monday morning
This aerial photo shows part of the 12-story oceanfront Champlain Towers South Condo that collapsed in Surfside, Fla. (Amy Beth Bennett /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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UPDATED 6:51 PM PT – Sunday, July 4, 2021
Miami officials have made plans to move forward with demolishing the remaining structure of the mostly collapsed Surfside condo in Florida. During a press conference on Sunday, officials announced the demolition was set to take place between 10 p.m. on Sunday and 3 a.m. on Monday.
Workers on the site have been drilling into columns of the structure, where explosive charges will be inserted to bring the building down. Officials reported search and rescue would resume operations in the matter of minutes once given the all clear. The number of deaths currently stands at 24, with 121 people still missing.
Miami-Dade officials said Sunday that the controlled demolition of the uncollapsed portion of the Surfside condo building will begin overnight as the area braces for the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa.
“The demolition of Champlain Towers South will take place tonight between 10:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.,” Miami-Dade police said in a Twitter post. “We urge residents who live in the Shelter in Place Zone – between 86th St and 89th St and Abbott Ave and the shoreline – to stay indoors effective immediately.”
The department added that dust from the implosion is unavoidable, and as a precautionary measure, we recommend you close all windows, doors and air intakes.
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Collapsed Miami apartment block demolished ahead of tropical storm
There were fears that the block could become unstable as tropical Storm Elsa bears down on Florida
5 July 2021 • 5:38am
The damaged remaining structure at the Champlain Towers South condo building collapses in a controlled demolition
Credit: AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
The Miami apartment block that collapsed on June 24 and killed many was demolished in the early hours of Monday morning.
The demolition of the building was brought forward to secure the site ahead of Tropical Storm Elsa.
Search efforts were halted as a precaution as work on the demolition got underway.
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