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Details about the building structural integrity from a 2018 engineers report that warned of what was described as major structural damage that required immediate repair. despite that, cnn has learned that residents were assured that the tower was in, quote, very good shape. let's begin our special coverage this hour, cnn's rosa florez has the latest on the search efforts. you're not very far away from where all of this is unfolding. update our viewers. >> reporter: well, according to the fire chief, they are using every single tool in their tool box. very aggressively. canines, cameras, sonar ...

He also shared that the seven efforts have changed a little bit. they are using a grid pattern now. of course, using every tool that they have, cameras, dogs, sonar, and he also shared that that fire that we were talking about yesterday has been contained. that, of course, is good news in the effort because this allows firefighters to continue their work in a safer manner because they didn't know exactly what was smoldering and what that plume of smoke contained. and so that is helping rescuers this morning. now, according to the fire chief their focus is on top of that debris pile. the delaye...

We've spoken on length at this part of the investigation but can you give us a sense of how the underwater investigation will be progressing in terms of searching for the flight data recorders and the cockpit voice recorders and what are some of the major obstacles the search teams will be undergoing at the moment? >> first of all, thank you for having me here. first and foremost is the weather. we've had weather the past several of days and that's something they can't fight against. they have to wait it out before deploying anything into the water. i believe the french teams are now on site. ...

And now you've got down here is where they believe that the plane may have traveled over the straight of mal la made la came straight of made la came and up into the indian ocean. that's why the u.s. has a p 3 orion plane doing a grid pattern up there, as well. if we go back to the super wide view, they're now moving the entire search zone up into this area, as well. and down into this area, as well. and the indian ocean is 28 square miles. so if it kept flying, it could be out here, up here, it could be anywhere in there. and so that is their challenge right now. >> so let me understand this....