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Sunday, July 4, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Remaining portion of collapsed Florida building almost ready for demolition
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Search and rescue personnel work atop the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo building, where scores of victims remain missing more than a week after it partially collapsed, on July 2, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Eighty percent of the drilling work to insert explosive charges into the precarious, still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building is complete.
The remaining structure could be toppled as soon as this evening, says Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah.
Jadallah praises the speedy work of the demolition crews and expresses hope that, following the implosion of the remaining portion of the building — over safety concerns and as a tropical storm nears — the search-and-rescue mission at the site can continue.
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