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With nearly 160 people unaccounted for and at least four dead after a seaside condominium tower collapsed into a smoldering heap of twisted metal and concrete, rescuers used both heavy equipment and their own hands to comb through the wreckage on Friday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors.
'Just praying for a miracle': Relatives of the missing anxiously wait for word on their loved ones as rescuers continue to scour through the rubble; death toll at 4
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Firefighters continued to extinguish small fires on Friday night that were spontaneously igniting at the site of the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Miami-Dade County’s oceanside town of Surfside.
Rescue crews are “doing everything they can to save lives. That is ongoing, and they’re not going to rest,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
With nearly 160 people unaccounted for and at least four dead after a seaside condominium tower collapsed into a smoldering heap of twisted metal and concrete, rescuers used both heavy equipment and their own hands to comb through the wreckage on Friday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors.