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4 dead, 10 hurt, dozens missing in high-rise collapse near Miami Beach, officials say
At least one person was killed and one boy was pulled to safety after a high-rise condominium building partially collapsed early Thursday near Miami Beach. A massive search and rescue effort was underway after the incident at the 12-story building in Surfside, a town in Florida's Miami-Dade County.
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Nearly 100 people were unaccounted for after a high-rise condo building partially collapsed near Miami Beach early Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and 10 injured, officials said.
Rescuers continued to search through the debris of the 12-story building in Surfside, a town in Florida's Miami-Dade County, for any survivors Friday morning and were not giving up, officials said.
Raide Jadallah, the assistant chief of operations for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, said that of the building's 136 units, 55 in the northeast corridor collapsed about 1:30 a.m.
Thirty-five people were pulled from the collapsed part of the building, and two people had been pulled out of the rubble as of Thursday afternoon, Jadallah said.
NBC Miami aired video of a boy being pulled out alive and placed on a stretcher.
There were 102 people accounted for from the building and 99 people unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters late Thursday afternoon.
In an interview Friday with ABC's "Good Morning America," the mayor said the death toll had grown from one to four.
"Tragically, I woke up to learn that three bodies had been pulled from the rubble last night," she said. "Devastating news for families waiting for any hope of survival. And of course, we're going to continue to search. Those three people have not been identified at this time. It does bring our count to four of those who've lost their lives in this tragedy."