The death toll in the collapse of a high-rise building in Florida rises to 22

by time news

The number of victims of the collapse of an apartment building in Surfside (the city is part of Miami, Florida, USA) has increased to 22, said Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Lavigne Kawa. A multi-storey residential building collapsed on the night of June 24.

“During the search that took place today, we recovered the bodies of two more victims. 22 deaths have been confirmed, ”Danielle Lavigne Kava said at the briefing. According to her, 126 people are reported missing.

After the collapse, Morabito Consultants, whose inspectors carried out an inspection of the building in 2018, said that it had warned the governing association about the need to renovate the building, but renovation had not begun.

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