The efforts of the rescue teams and the Fire Brigade to release dozens of people after the partial collapse of a high-rise apartment building in Miami Beach, this morning, are superhuman.
MIRACLE RESCUE: Firefighters pull boy from rubble alive after multi-story building partially collapses near Miami Beach.
A huge search and rescue effort is underway. https://t.co/eOl265Wngw pic.twitter.com/A62e5ka58v
- ABC News (@ABC) June 24, 2021
At least one person was killed and dozens were injured. Eight people have been taken to hospital so far.
The building collapsed at about two in the morning, local time, catching the occupants asleep.
Authorities in South Florida were responding early Thursday to a "partial building collapse," the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said. The scene is in Surfside, a few miles north of Miami Beach. https://t.co/1mZcItXpzS pic.twitter.com/vz9LV40Ipt
- CNN (@CNN) June 24, 2021
In particular, more than 80 rescue vehicles went to the spot where today, early Thursday morning, a part of the building suddenly began to shake and collapse like a deck of cards.
The American media are talking about dozens of trapped people.
More than 80 fire and rescue units were on the scene of a partial building collapse in Miami. Eyewitness video shows a tangle of rubble with debris spilling down from what was left of the balconies of the building https://t.co/18eq2UAWQw pic.twitter.com/vg3k9EuYOz
- Reuters (@Reuters) June 24, 2021
One of the eyewitnesses, Michael Ruiz, told CNN:
"It was something like 11/XNUMX"
"Screams can be heard from the rubble," said another eyewitness near the site of the disaster, Bild reported.
Authorities in South Florida were immediately mobilized when they were informed of the partial collapse of the building.
At present, the causes of the collapse remain unknown.
The building, a 12-story apartment building called "Champlain Towers South," is located near 88th Street and Collis Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida.
A huge emergency operation is under way after a partial building collapse in Miami Beach, with reports of at least one person killed and several injured.
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- Sky News (@SkyNews) June 24, 2021
The images and videos broadcast by the international media show the magnitude of the disaster.
Rescuers have already released several people, including a ten-year-old boy.
The "Champlain Towers South" high-rise building was built in 1981.
It is a modern apartment complex consisting of 136 houses.