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Florida condo collapse: Smoldering debris slowing rescue efforts as 156 still missing
By Megan Ziegler
Florida authorities provide update on deadly condo collapse
Florida authorities and officials gave the latest death toll and missing numbers after a condo collapsed in Surfside.
SURFSIDE, Fla. - Search and rescue efforts Saturday at the site of a collapsed condominium building in Florida were hindered by a deep, smoldering fire amid the rubble.
Officials said at a morning press conference that air quality at the site is a concern and that, as they continue to remove and rearrange the debris, adding more air to crevices in their search for possible survivors could cause the smoldering fire to flare up. The concrete and metal remains of the collapsed 12-story tower stood at more than 30-feet high.
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Earlier warnings about structural problems at condo that collapsed in Surfside raise questions and expose failures in a system that’s meant to keep South Florida’s older towers safe.