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Condo Collapse: ‘We Pulled 35 Occupants That Were Trapped; Rescue Operation Ongoing,’ Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Officials

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a partial building collapse that killed one person and injured at least 9 others in Surfside Thursday morning.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said they had rescued 35 occupants who had been trapped inside the partially collapsed Surfside that killed one person and injured at least 9 others Thursday morning. The call came in at around 1:30 a.m. regarding a partial collapse at the Champlain Towers South Condo near 88th Street and Collins Avenue. Assistant fire chief of operations for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Raide Jadallah had this to say during a press conference Thursday morning: “Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, at approximately 1:30 this morning, responded to a reported building collapse.

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