3 more victims found, death toll in Florida condo collapse rises to 27
AP Newsroom
July 5, 2021 04:39 MYT
July 5, 2021 04:39 MYT
FLORIDA: Rescuers are searching through fresh rubble after the last of the collapsed Florida condo building was demolished.
Officials said Monday that the demolition allowed crews into previously inaccessible places, including bedrooms where people were believed to be sleeping at the time of the disaster.
Three more victims were discovered in the new pile, raising the death toll to 27 people.
Another 118 people remain unaccounted for.
The demolition raised the prospect that crews could increase both the pace of their work and the number of searchers at the site, although the chance of finding survivors 12 days after the June 24 collapse has diminished.