Apartment Building Partially Collapses Near Miami
Updated 6/25/21: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Florida affected by the Surfside building collapse that took place on June 24, 2021.
FEMA Emergency Declaration Florida (EM-3560)
Associated County ZIP Code List
Disaster Alert
June 24, 2021
Source: CNN
NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.
A residential building in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed early Thursday. Here is what we know about the building so far:
– The building is located at 8777 Collins Avenue, a few miles north of Miami Beach.
– It was built in the 1980s, according to the Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett, and was “not lowly occupied.”
– The building has 12 stories and had 136 units. About 55 apartment units collapsed, according to Ray Jadallah of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.
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