Source: China State Council Information Office
At least four people have been confirmed dead while the number of the missing rose to 159 after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed early Thursday in Miami-Dade County in southeastern U.S. state Florida, local media reported on Friday.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Friday morning that three more people were found in the rubble overnight and 120 people are now accounted for.
The Champlain Towers South condominium, built in 1981, partially collapsed around 1:30 a.m. local time on Thursday in the beachside town of Surfside, about 6 miles north of Miami Beach.
About 70 of the condo’s 130 apartments were destroyed or damaged, according to Frank Rollason, director of Miami-Dade Emergency Management.
Nearly 100 remain missing after Florida condo collapse
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Miami Apartment Building Collapses, 99 People Remain Missing - Plus, More Details Revealed
An apartment building in Florida partially collapsed in the early morning hours of Thursday morning (June 24) and 99 people remain missing.
The 136-unit apartment complex called Champlain Towers, which is located in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed at around 1:23am.
A resident who lives in the building said he woke up to “a bang that just kept on going,” according to the
55 of the 136 units collapsed and 35 people were pulled out of the rubble. 10 more people were assessed and treated at the scene, while two of them were hospitalized. One of those two people sadly died from their injuries, according to CNN.