Florida officials pledge multiple probes into condo collapse as death toll rises to 12
June 29, 2021 6:07 PM Associated Press
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) Elected officials are vowing to conduct multiple investigations into the deadly collapse of an oceanfront Florida condo building.
State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Tuesday that she will pursue a grand jury investigation to examine factors that led to Thursday’s collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South building in Surfside.
The disaster killed at least 12 people and left 149 unaccounted for. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she and her staff will meet with engineering, construction and geology experts, among others, to examine any issue related to building safety.
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Updated: 2:10 PM CDT Jun 29, 2021 Taylor Lang Prosecutors in Florida will pursue a grand jury investigation into the deadly collapse of an oceanfront condominium building in Surfside.Miami-Dade County Daniella Levine Cava said she fully supports such an investigation during a news conference Tuesday. She noted that State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle would bring the matter before grand jurors soon. Officials have not released a reason for the collapse at this time.Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said there were more than 100 units in the building and a third of the building pancaked. Any information surrounding previous discussions surrounding Champlain Towers before the collapse will be posted on the city s website for the public to see, Burkett said. He noted that he had not read any of it as of Sunday. Something went very, very wrong here and we re going to get to the bottom of it, but as far as I’m concerned, job one is to get those folks out of t
Death toll in Florida building collapse rises to 12 with 149 missing
Reuters | Jun 29, 2021 09:29 PM EDT
Emergency workers conduct search and rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed residential building in Surfside, near Miami Beach, Florida, U.S (Photo : REUTERS/Joe Skipper)
Another body was recovered on Tuesday from the ruins of a Florida condominium tower, the mayor said, raising the death toll in the collapse to at least 12 with 149 people still listed as missing.
The latest casualty of the disaster, which could ultimately rank as the worst accidental building collapse in U.S. history, was not immediately identified by Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava during an afternoon news conference.