Twelve-story Miami Beach apartment building collapses leaving at least one dead | Daily Mail Online
A huge emergency search and rescue operation is underway after the beachfront condo tower, Champlain Towers South, collapsed at about 1.30am this morning in the Miami neighborhood of Surfside One woman has been confirmed dead and at least 10 people were injured Officials say they have yet to account for 51 people who are believed to have lived in the building. It was unclear whether any, or all of them, were inside at the time of the collapse First responders rescued 35 people from the damaged building and 14 people, including a young boy, were pulled from the rubble in the early stages of the search operation Rescue teams are currently using machinery and dogs to help trawl the wreckage for any survivors. Authorities fear many more people may be dead or remain trapped Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett was not confident there would be many survivors, saying: ‘The building has literally pancaked’ It is not clear how many people are missing but authorities said the building was ‘substantially full’ when it collapsed The building, which contains about 100 apartments, is located one block away from where Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump currently live Authorities have not yet determined what caused the building to collapse but confirmed that renovations had been underway on the roof