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Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains
By Steve Gorman and Brendan O'Brien
Reuters
(Reuters) -The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower that collapsed on June 24, killing at least 97 people.
Authorities said one victim was still believed to be unaccounted for. The Miami-Dade Police Department will continue to sift through what is left of the debris pile for additional remains and personal effects, officials said in a statement.
The fire department's round-the-clock operation at the beachfront site of the Champlain Towers South condo, in the Miami suburb of Surfside, was demobilized four weeks and a day after the 40-year-old, 12-story structure gave way at about 1:30 a.m. as residents slept.
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July 23 (Reuters) - The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower that collapsed on June 24, killing at least 97 people.
Authorities said one victim was still believed to be unaccounted for. The Miami-Dade Police Department will continue to sift through what is left of the debris pile for additional remains and personal effects, officials said in a statement.
The fire department's round-the-clock operation at the beachfront site of the Champlain Towers South condo, in the Miami suburb of Surfside, was demobilized four weeks and a day after the 40-year-old, 12-story structure gave way at about 1:30 a.m. as residents slept.
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image captionRescue teams worked 12-hour shifts to clear the rubble
Firefighters say their search for bodies in the rubble of the collapsed Florida apartment block has finally ended, but one victim remains unaccounted for.
At least 97 people were killed when the 12-storey Champlain Towers South fell in the early hours of 24 June.
But the remains of 54-year-old Estelle Hedaya are yet to be identified.
Her family say the official end of the search has left them feeling helpless and worried she will be forgotten.
Nobody has been pulled alive from the rubble since the first hours after the disaster, and officials formally switched from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort on 7 July.
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Search for bodies at collapsed Florida tower ends © Getty Images Rescue teams worked 12-hour shifts to clear the rubble
Firefighters say their search for bodies in the rubble of the collapsed Florida tower block has finally ended.
At least 97 people were killed when the 12-storey Champlain Towers South fell in the early hours of 24 June.
After a month of combing through the debris, rescuers say one victim remains unaccounted for.
Nobody has been pulled alive from the rubble since the first hours after the disaster.
Officials switched from a search-and-rescue mission to a recovery effort on 7 July.
Battling tropical storms and the risk of unstable debris, rescuers worked through more than 13,000 tonnes of broken concrete.
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