last couple of days. abundant cracking in the garage, columns, the beams, the walls, and they noted that previous garage repairs were failing. so none of this had been taken care of since 2014. it's important to note this report did not indicate that the building was facing imminent collapse or at risk of collapse. i do want to make that clear. and now the surfside mayor is saying he's not sure how the building handled the reports and what they did if anything with the cracks. he's calling on the sister building to be evacuated because it was built around the same time with the same materials and same developer, and he thinks it needs a full investigation, wolf. >> reporter: out of an abundance of caution, that's what a lot of folks are recommending. let's discuss this more with dave downie, a former miami-dade fire chief part of the urban search and rescue-committee.