brought the death toll to 9 and identified 3 more deaths

As the rescue operations continue, this Sunday went to 9 the death toll from the Miami collapse. Additionally, Miami-Dade Police have released the names of other three dead, there are therefore four identified to date. As they continue 156 missing persons.

“We recovered four bodies and other human remains. The death toll.” due to the collapse of the building it is now “9”Miami Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava reported.

“We were able to remove four bodies from the ruins and other human remains. To date, one victim has died in hospital and we have recovered eight… victims from the site. Therefore, I confirm today that the death toll is nine. We have identified four of the victims and we have informed their families, ”said the mayor.

Adding to Stacie Dawn Fang, 54, the first identified death, the names of the deceased unveiled in recent hours are Hispanic Antonio Lozano placeholder image, 83 years old; Gladys lozano placeholder image, 79, and Manuel Lafont, from 54.

At first it was reported that Lafont was Argentinian, but later it was learned that he was born in Houston, Texas and was of Cuban descent.

The first two were in Department 903 of the Champlain Towers building at the time of the partial collapse, while Lafont was in 801, the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) reported via Twitter.

Dawn Fang was the mother of a 15-year-old boy rescued alive from the rubble shortly after the incident.

“The work of rescuers continuous 24 hours in the effort to find survivors in empty spaces among the rubble of the #SurfsideBuildingCollapse, “police authorities said on the social network.

For her part, the mayor of the department, Daniella Levine-Cava, said earlier this Sunday that she was “on the ground” with members of the Israeli rescue team and all the agencies involved in the operation.

Identifying the victims is a complex task, said Levine Cava, who stressed that relatives of the missing will be asked to provide DNA samples to make the task easier.

The search was hampered on Saturday by a fire at the base of the mass of iron, reinforced concrete and remains of furniture.

Since part of the Champlain Towers building, comprising 136 apartments and on the waterfront in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, collapsed at dawn on Thursday 24, the rescue team has not interrupted searches, working four hour shifts.

Within seconds and for reasons not yet determined, 55 apartments collapsed with their occupants, who were sleeping at the time.

In addition to rescuers from other parts of Florida and the United States, teams from Mexico and Israel have joined in as reinforcements, Miami-Dade Fire Chief Alan Cominsk reported on Saturday.

Source: EFE and AFP

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