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Several Argentines are among the missing persons after the collapse this morning of a twelve-story building in the American city of Miami, which left one dead and at least ten injured among the 35 people rescued, according to official sources and local media.

“There are four Argentines missing,” they confirmed at the start of the Foreign Ministry, which reported that the US city’s consul, Leandro Fernández, was working on the spot to get more information on what happened. past. Over the hours, the number of possible victims increased to ten. Then it was confirmed that one of the Argentines was located.

The first Argentines included in the list of the missing were identified as Andrés Galfrascoli, a 44-year-old surgeon; his partner Fabián Nuñez, 55; and Sofia Galfrascoli Nuñez, 5 years old, daughter of both; while the other person has been identified as Manuel Lafont, major.

According to information on his own website, Galfrascoli was born in the town of Corrientes, where he studied and graduated as a surgeon at the Universidad Nacional Del Nordeste. He specialized at the General Hospital De Agudos Cosme Argerich (CABA), where he obtained the title of Specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

An Argentinian who has two apartments in the Champlain Tours complex, identified as Rodrigo, said that “there was nothing to fear that the building would collapse” and ensured that the actors Gimena Accardi and Nicolás Vázquez had stopped in the building since the beginning of June and had managed to leave it a few seconds before the collapse.

“They are fine, Gimena has a stroke. They were coming back from dinner and were in the elevator when they heard a loud bang and left the building,” said Rodrigo, who said he worked at a production company. and had had contact with the artists. .

Via Instagram, Accardi said he was fine: “We’re fine. Thanks for your concern.”

Collapse

The collapse happened between 88th and Collins Avenue in Surfside, near Miami Beach, in a building that is part of the Champlain towers complex.

According to rescuers, and as reported by the ANSA news agency, a woman has died and nine others have so far been rescued from the rubble and transferred with various injuries to a nearby hospital.

Since dawn more than 80 firefighters worked in a massive search and rescue operation.

Authorities have confirmed the death of a woman, according to the CNN news network, but they still have not specified how many people lived in the building or the possible causes of the incident.

“It’s a terrible disaster. In the United States, buildings just don’t collapse ”, said Surfside Mayor Charles W. Burkett.

For his part, the Argentine consul Fernández Suárez, informed in dialogue with A24 that it is “an area where there are a lot of Argentines” but indicated that they still had no information. official.

“We are in contact with the Miami County authorities. They called (Argentines at the consulate), I was in contact with Argentines who are in neighboring buildings and also with Argentines who were in the building. and were able to leave because they were entering at the time of the collapse, ”added the diplomat.