Miami Beach architectural complex. (Image source: Mike McBey/CC BY 2.0)
[Look at China News on June 24, 2021](Look at the compilation by Chinese reporter Cheng Rong) In the early morning of June 24,MiamiAn apartment building near the beachcollapseIt is said that at least one person was killed and eight others were injured. A large-scale rescue operation is underway.
According to the “Daily Mail” report, the local fire rescue department has confirmed that this 12-story apartment building called Champlain Towers South has partially collapsed.
Neighbors said that this block of about 100 apartments, priced at $915,000, was built in 1981 near 88th Street and Collins Avenue in Surfside, Florida, and most of them were occupied. live. The Miami Beach apartment rented by Jared and Ivanka Trump is one block away.
These are condos that go for $600,000 to $900,000. If it can happen to them, just think how lax Miami regulations and inspections are for buildings occupied by lower socio-economic status people. pic.twitter.com/tyHzodliNn
— CopperStateDemocrat (@rob_voreck) June 24, 2021
According to local media reports, after the collapse occurred before 1:30 in the morning, a woman had died and at least nine people were injured, including a firefighter.
People are worried that more people may have died or are still trapped under the rubble. Witnesses said that as the search and rescue operation began, they heard screams from under the rubble.
According to Fox News, an eyewitness lived with his family in an island city in southern Florida. He was in a neighboring building at the time. He said the sound of the collapse felt like a tornado or an earthquake.
The witness claimed that at the time of the collapse, there were people in most of the building, and he estimated that the collapse occurred at about 1:20 in the morning. He told the media: “This is the craziest thing I have heard in my life.”
According to NBC6, the video showed that as the huge search and rescue operation continued, a boy was pulled from the wreckage by firefighters. According to local media reports, dozens of people have been affected by the collapse, but the authorities have yet to confirm any details of possible casualties.
Pictures and videos from the scene show that the entire part of the tower has collapsed, leaving a huge pile of debris at the corner of Collins Avenue, and a huge search and rescue operation is underway.
Witnesses claimed that they heard screams under the rubble during the frantic rescue of people from the wreckage of the building. An eyewitness told NBC News reporter Sam Brock: “They were able to rescue some people, but I heard some screams.”
Another witness, Kimberly Morales, who lives across the street, told CNN that she was awakened by sirens and people tapping her door because she did not hear the sound of the building collapsing. Morales, who was in a community center with other evacuees, continued: “I tell everyone to leave the building quickly.”
The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said that there are more than 80 rescue teams at the scene, including technical rescue teams, and these rescue teams “are treating and removing victims trapped in complex or confined spaces. Specially trained”.
The freelance journalist at the scene, Joel Franco, said that the fire department had successfully rescued some people from the balcony. He said on Twitter: “MDFR[迈阿密-戴德消防救援部门]Now save people from the balcony. ”
Franco said that the rescue operation was a “multi-agency effort” because he claimed to have seen people from the Pompano Beach Fire, Miami Fire Brigade, David Fire Brigade and Miami- The unit of the Dade Fire Rescue Team.
The Miami-Dade Fire Department’s statement said: “We are at the site of a partial collapse of buildings near 88th Street and Collins Avenue. With the assistance of the municipal fire department, more than 80 Miami fire and rescue teams, including technical rescue teams, are at the scene. .”
The Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Team confirmed that southbound traffic is being diverted westward on 96th Street and northbound traffic is diverted on 85th Street and Collins Avenue because the authorities are still at the scene.
As the situation is still ongoing, the authorities have not yet provided any information about potential casualties.
The Miami Beach Police Department said: “MBPD and @MiamiBeachFire are assisting the city of Sulfside in handling part of the collapse of the building at 8777 Collins Avenue in Sulfside, Florida. Multiple police and police officers from across Miami-Dade The fire department is assisting. Please follow @MiamiDadeFire for the latest information.”
According to “Miami Real Estate Trends” (Miami Real Estate Trends), Champlain Towers South, built in 1981, is a modern apartment complex consisting of 136 residences, some of which have sea views selling for up to US$915,000, a total of 12 Floor.
Closer view of the building collapse shows the massive damage in Surfside, Floridapic.twitter.com/fiyzcpGnIK
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) June 24, 2021
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