The figure of dead for the collapse of a building in Florida rose to nine on Sunday, while rescuers worked to find more than 150 residents missing amidst the rubble amid growing doubts about the structural integrity of the torre.
The authorities have said the death toll will continue to rise, as teams of Israel Y Mexico joined the emergency work in Surfside.
“All the people that are needed are on site doing their jobs and we continue to strive to find people alive,” the county mayor said Sunday. Miami–Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, to CBS.
Authorities said they harbor hopes that some of the 156 unaccounted for could be alive.
The search continues with the help of dogs, sonares, drones Y infrared scanners, while it is hoped that people can survive in the air pockets that may have formed between the debris.
A fire Under the debris that produced a thick smoke and making it difficult for rescuers to work has decreased, authorities said. Dug a ditch to separate debris areas smoky of the rest of the remains of the building and rescuers are using tunnels, highlighted the mayor.
Some families of the missing have provided samples of ADN at authorities, and the police released the Names from four victims, between 54 and 83 years old.
In a municipality close to the place they were placed Photographs of the disappeared, along with flores Y messages. On Saturday, relatives prayed and kept a silent vigil at a barrier erected on the beach by the authorities a several hundred meters north of the work.
Some residents remain in the sister building to the one that collapsed, where only a warrant has been issued. voluntary evacuation. An inspector found no immediately apparent problem in the other building.
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