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| Miami building collapse: Huge emergency operation underway |
| 2021-06-24 |
| [FoxNews] A section of a partially collapsed building is seen early Thursday, June 24, 2021, in the Surfside area of Miami, Fla. A partial building collapse in Miami caused a massive response early Thursday from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, according to a tweet from the department's account. Miami Dade Fire Rescue is conducting search and rescue. Authorities had no word yet on casualties, or details of how many people lived in the building. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #20 /me puts his chips on ground subsidence with a side helping of stress corrosion augmented by the salty air. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-06-24 23:43 |
| #19 More the Miami collapse coming in tomorrow's Burg. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2021-06-24 23:35 |
| #18 Miami = third world Latin construction standards |
| Posted by: Vernal Platypus5468 2021-06-24 23:30 |
| #17 P.E. Civil - cannot take much from early photos, but the failure doesn't seem like a blast due to location, elements hit. Ima guessrn bad construction: inadequate rebar coverage in salt environment, early days of design/construct of PT deck construction... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2021-06-24 20:48 |
| #16 Banging sounds coming from rubble possibly from trapped people. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-24 17:26 |
| #15 Building had been sinking for decades but the city was never notified per some media. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-24 17:07 |
| #14 99 Missing. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-24 17:01 |
| #13 Looks like the building was dropped as in a controlled explosion. It's possible the building didn't have adequate support with the 3 support columns at the ground level--kind of a single-point failure situation. If so bad design. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-06-24 16:28 |
| #12 ISTR the damage to the Murrow Building had a "vertical crater" appearance -- this appears to follow the structure of the building. Plus, as swksvolFF noted, no sign of a shockwave on surrounding buildings. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2021-06-24 14:07 |
| #11 No shockwave or peripheral damage such as the trees, lamps. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-06-24 13:55 |
| #10 /\1 Skid: My thought as well. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2021-06-24 12:12 |
| #9 FOX live updates |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-24 11:23 |
| #8 [7 News Miami] At least 1 dead, 35 rescued after partial building collapse at Champlain Towers in Surfside |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-24 11:18 |
| #7 50 Missing... |
| Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-06-24 11:18 |
| #6 Twitter video |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-24 11:16 |
| #5 NOTE: Look at the daylight photo. The 8777 Collins Ave building is 40 years old. Note: google has a Jan. 2021 street view. A 3 bed/2 bath unit/ 1,748 square feet, sells for over $700k??? Look at the building's left side... the massive 10 story overhang supported by just 3 pillars. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-06-24 09:17 |
| #4 Chinese rebar ? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-06-24 08:59 |
| #2 Miami area apartment building collapse leaves 1 dead, with search and rescue operation underway |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-24 08:44 |
| #1 Oklahoma City Bombing |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-24 08:42 |
