Complete Demolition of Collapsed Apartment in Florida, USA

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] The partially collapsed apartment in Florida, USA, on the 24th of last month (local time) will be completely demolished due to safety concerns.

According to the AP News and others on the 3rd (local time), Daniela Levine Cava, Mayor of Miami-Dade County, signed the demolition order on the 2nd.

The Champlain Towers South apartment located in Surfside, Florida, has 55 out of 136 units collapsed.

Search and rescue operations are still ongoing, but there were significant concerns that the remaining undamaged apartments posed a risk to the rescue teams.

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Ride Jadalla told the families of the missing that the demolition is planned to proceed as soon as possible, and it could begin as early as the 4th.

The demolition preparation takes about 14 hours and will be carried out by drilling holes in the columns on the 1st and 2nd floors and installing detonators.

The demolition plan, originally scheduled for the end of this month, was moved up due to the approach of Hurricane Elsa.

So far, 24 people have died in the Florida apartment collapse accident, and 124 remain missing.

Authorities rescued about 40 people who were on balconies and elsewhere immediately after the disaster on the 24th of last month, but no survivors have been found during the search operations conducted while clearing the debris.

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