They demolished the standing part of the collapsed building in Miami – News

The remaining part of the collapsed building in Surfside, Florida was demolished Sunday evening. The operation began at 10 p.m. local (11 p.m. Argentina), according to the mayor of Miami Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, who confirmed the provisional figure of 24 dead, including one Argentinian, and 121 missing, including eight also Argentines. .

The search for victims was called off on Saturday as demolition crews prepared to demolish the rest of the building before Tropical Storm Elsa arrived in the coming days.

Mayor Levine Cava said “strategically placed small explosives” were used for the demolition. The operation lasted between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. local (11 p.m. and 4 p.m. Argentina).

“The demolition itself is limited to the immediate area around the building,” he added.

Most of the 12-story building of the Champlain South Towers collapsed in the early hours of June 24.

The unstable remains of the block pose a threat to search and rescue teams, who are still at the scene, although hopes of finding someone alive are quickly dwindling, he added. AFP.

As Tropical Storm Elsa approaches from the Caribbean, authorities have accelerated the demolition schedule.

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The body of photographer Graciela Cattarossi, 48, was one of two survivors of the rubble of the Champlain Towers building on Saturday, leaving eight Argentines still missing.

Cattarossi lived in the apartment building with her seven-year-old daughter, Stella, whose body was rescued Thursday by her own father, who is a firefighter.

The photographer’s parents, who lived with her and her visiting sister Andrea, were still missing, AFP reported.

At the time of the collapse, the apartment was also shared by Stella’s aunt Andrea Cattarossi, also visiting Miami, who lived in Argentina and had three children.

On the other hand, last Friday, another concern was added due to the detection of numerous cases of Covid-19 among one of the rescue teams, as announced on the occasion by Alan Cominsky, fire chief of Miami.