Iran Press/ America: The latest casualty of the disaster, which could ultimately rank as the worst accidental building collapse in U.S. history, was not immediately identified by Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava during an afternoon news conference.
According to US media, investigators have not yet determined what caused a major section of the 40-year-old building to collapse abruptly. Initial attention has focused on structural deficiencies described in a 2018 engineer's report.
Florida emergency management director Kevin Guthrie said local authorities on Tuesday had asked the federal government to send additional urban search and rescue teams to the scene in the town of Surfside.
A 12-story, 136-unit apartment complex near Miami Beach in the US partially collapsed early Thursday morning.
The collapse of the building was first reported to the authority at 1:23 a.m., when most of the residents were asleep, raising fears that the number of casualties could increase further. 219
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