A wing of the 12-story building in the community of Surfside came down with a roar around 1:30 a.m. By late afternoon, nearly 100 people were still unaccounted for, authorities said, raising fears that the death toll could climb sharply. Officials did not know how many were in the tower when it fell
A wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami early Thursday, killing at least one person while trapping residents in rubble.
Search and Rescue personnel work at a partial collapse building in Surfside, Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
Jewish groups in the US and an Israeli rescue organization are mobilizing to aid victims of a condominium tower collapse near Miami, with several members of the Jewish community missing amid fading hopes of finding them alive.
At least one person was killed and 99 more were still missing as the sun went down on the heavily Jewish suburb of Surfside Thursday, nearly a full day after much of the 12-story building suddenly collapsed at around 1:30 a.m.
First responders have pulled 35 people from the rubble and treated 10 people on the scene with at least two transported to a nearby hospital for care, officials said in a press briefing.