A view from Collins Avenue of the crumpled remains of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida.Recognition…Marco Bello / Reuters Under the gray skies of Surfside, Florida, choppy storm winds blew through the remains of Champlain Towers South when officials first opened the site of a shocking condo collapse to a limited view of the public. … Read more
NORTH MIAMI BEACH – A 10-story apartment complex in North Miami Beach was ordered to shut down and evacuate its residents on Friday after the building submitted a recertification report based on an inspection in January that documented “unsafe structural and electrical conditions.” . The 156-unit building, Crestview Towers, was built in 1972 and is … Read more
At least one person was killed and firefighters were extricating dozens of people from partially collapsed condo building near Miami. Mayor Charles Burkett warned that the death toll was likely to rise. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known. SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue crews were working into the night to scour through a mammoth pile … Read more