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#URGENT: Mass Casualty Incident declared following highrise collapse in Miami, Florida
#Miami l #FL
Authorities are responding to Champlain Towers following a collapse of the 12-floor residential complex. There are reports of people screaming under the ruble.
More to follow!pic.twitter.com/qZW3v5SEWA
#EMERGENCY: Fire personnel estimate 50+ people trapped under debris
Initial Report:
- Emergency services receive numerous 911 calls at 1:28am CST
- Smoke and debris continue to litter onto the streets
- Witnesses report a ‘tremendous boom’
- 2/3 of the tower has collapsedpic.twitter.com/YGi2PZFRmG
#EMERGENCY: Trapped person seen waving from building
Collapsed Structure Information:
- The Champlain Towers South
- Completed in 1981
- 13 floors total
• 12 above ground
• 1 below ground
- 158ft tall
- Residential building comprising of 136 unitspic.twitter.com/WKtvVKV3TB
#DEVASTATING: Emergency personnel report “It almost resembles the Trade Center”
- 911 callers trapped
• 2nd floor
• 9th floor
• 10th floor
- Elevators and stairwells are impassible
- Crews working to clear debris in lobby
- People hanging from balconiespic.twitter.com/bNhRCnK3el
#URGENT: A fire has been reported in the rubble of the collapsed Florida highrise
- Fire personnel now working to extinguish a debris fire
- Smoke seen rising from the site
- Officials now confirm 99 people are missing
- Chances of survival are unfortunately becoming slimpic.twitter.com/hlwhXvY7Ow
#ALERT: Firefighters are now hearing banging from underneath the rubble
#Surfside l #FL
Emergency crews using sonar devices have picked up ‘banging sounds’ underneath the debris in the structure’s parking garage.
Crews are now working in the northwestern underground garage.pic.twitter.com/93cJcMgq5y
Level 5 collapse is not related to old age. Maybe some type of explosion.
If that was an explosion then why isn’t there any damage to other surrounding buildings windows? This is really weird
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