99 People<br />Unaccounted for, in Miami Residential<br />Building Collapse.<br />A 12-story beachfront condo building located<br />north of Miami in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed<br />at around 1:30 AM on June 24.<br />The collapsed portion<br />of Champlain Towers<br />contained about 55 of<br />the building’s 130 units. .<br />The complex is occupied by<br />both year-round and seasonal<br />residents, so authorities <br />aren’t sure how many people <br />were in the building.<br />So far, search and rescue<br />teams have pulled at least<br />35 people from the wreckage.<br />One person is confirmed dead, although<br />that number is expected to rise. .<br />Frank Rollason, director of Miami-Dade Emergency Management,<br />said they believe all survivors of the collapse have been found. .<br />According to Miami-Dade Police, there<br />are a total of 99 people still unaccounted for. .<br />Crews were still searching the debris as of Thursday<br />afternoon and engineers have reportedly already begun<br />investigating why the building collapsed. .<br />The building, built in 1981, was in the process of being<br />routinely inspected before its collapse.
