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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 structural investigation can be done. Has the same name, same developer, probably had the same mater...

Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what could have caused such catastrophic failure . One experts opinion, corrosion of steel. And it means ...

Collapses, oceanside. that's where there's usually corrosion. if the column fails, everything fails essentially. >> reporter: an attorney for condo residents' association say the past several months the building had thorough engineering inspections in preparation for 40 year certification. >> nothing appeared either to the engineers or to any of the residents that would suggest anything like this was imminent. nothing. >> reporter: experts say it may take several months before we know real causes, as for the possibility of one smoking gun. >> usually a collapse like this doesn't happen because...

So corrosion of the reinforcement will compromise the capacity of the column, if the column gail's everything fails essentially. >> reporter: an attorney for the condo residents association says over the past several months the building had undergone what he called thorough engineering inspections in preparation for its 40-year certification. >> nothing appeared either to the engineers or to any of the residents that would suggest anything like this was imminent. nothing. >> reporter: experts say it may take several months before we know the real causes. and as for the possibility of one smoki...

Climate of that area, pexperts say, also have to be considered. >> especially the corrosion of this steel. as you notice, it's right next to the ocean, and also if that area collapses the oceanside, right? so corrosion of the reinforcement will compromise the capacity of a column. if the column fails, everything fails essentially. >> reporter: an attorney for the condo residents association says over the past several months, the building had undergone what he called thorough engineering inspections in preparation for its 40-year certification. >> nothing appeared either to the engineers or to ...