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What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major...

More than 60 hours since the collapse took place. Rescue teams are battling fires which greatly complicated the effort to find survivors. We are facing incredible difficulties with the fire. The fire has been going on for awhile. It is a very deep fire. It is extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. There are new concerns about the condos sister building, nearly identical building located a block away from the collapse. Officials are saying that building should be evacuated until a ...

What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major...

Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its j...

What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major...

Fires, shifting materials, Twisted Steel and water up to their waist at some points. Yeah, theyre searching for people in there. Theyre searching for mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, children. Officials say they have heard sounds from underneath the debris. They are not confirming exactly what those sounds are. They said it is very possible the debris moving, metal, concrete, et cetera. But, with that news, Family Members are doing their best to hold on to hope. There is hope. Its j...

Live for that. its devastating for all of us waiting and watching families. its excruciating. and i agree with him, seeing it is unbelievable and thats just from the perimeter. to be on that pile and digging through the rubble, its not just concrete, its dust. things have been crushed because of the weight of that pancake effect. it is truly overwhelming the experience. the dogs they continue combing as well. the cameras, the sonar equipment, the cranes and we have hundred of people now taking t...

Neighboring buildings here. this is as we are seeing now the event of multiple reasons. some people are looking at the slab of the pool area failing, others are looking at the structural damage of a slab that would fall and then create a pancake effect. at the end of the day, we will not know what the final process of events happened here until we get the final engineering reports from the forensic engineers who are looking at this, and this might take months or even up to a year to really figur...

Correspondent drew griffin is working the story. i know youre finding out more information. what are you learning? >> they were major structural repairs with major price tag. anywhere with 80,000 to $330,000 per homeowner based on the size of the unit. still, there was nothing in all of those reports that seemed to indicate that this building was in imminent danger of catastrophic collapse. >> reporter: as new evidence emerges of past inspections, cracks and potential dangerer, this short survei...

Was moving or the building was moving into the land. but it was obviously the building itself moved. a very small portion, which is about over the measurement period of six years, is about half an inch. >> reporter: he said that sinking didnt occur in other buildings right around that complex. he said the sinking alone likely would not have caused the building to collapse. but experts say it could be associated with tension and possible cracks inside the structure. local officials say there was ...