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Miami building collapse leaves 99 people unaccounted for
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WASHINGTON, 25 June 2021, (TON): According to Miami-Dade Mayor Danielle Levine-Cava “the number of people who have been located now stands at 102, while 99 are still unaccounted for,.
It is unclear how many people were in the building at the time.
The cause of the collapse - affecting about half of the 130 units in the complex - remains unclear.
The block in the town of Surfside was built in 1980.
A number of Latin American migrants have been reported missing by their consulates.
Paraguayan officials said “relatives of the first lady of Paraguay are also among the missing. Rescuers were unable to contact the sister and brother-in-law of first lady Silvana López Moreira, along with their three children and a domestic worker.”
Officials said “rescuers pulled 35 people from the wreckage. Ten were assessed and treated, of whom two were sent to hospital.”
Search and rescue teams are working from a parking garage underneath the wreckage as they explore the rubble for survivors.
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