Story at a glance:
- One person has died.
- At least nine people were taken to the hospital.
- Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have a home a block away from the disaster.
One person has died and nine were taken to the hospital after a Florida condo building collapsed early Thursday morning. So far, 35 people have been pulled out of the destruction.
The Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Fla., crumbled at 1 a.m., leaving half of the building completely collapsed and many displaced, Business Insider reported.
The condo complex is one block from Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s Miami home.
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Officials say that it is more difficult to rescue people from the rubble because of the way the building collapsed. Crews were able to rescue a 10-year-old boy in the early morning, as well as a young person who was pulled from the building’s crumbled balcony, according to Business Insider.
However, as of 5:30 a.m., it is not certain if more people are trapped, and officials fear the death count could be higher, ABC News reports.
“The building has literally pancaked,” Mayor Charles W. Burkett said during a morning press conference, according to ABC News. “It’s heartbreaking because it doesn’t seem to me … that we will find people alive.”
The 12-story building with 136 units was 40-years-old and in the process of being inspected, but that process was never completed, NBC reported.
It is still unclear why the building collapsed.
Two and three-bedroom units in the condo building range in price from $590,000 to $915,000, according to Business insider.
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