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Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains - Reuters

Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains - Reuters

Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains - Reuters
Jul 24, 2021 47 secs

July 23 (Reuters) - The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower that collapsed on June 24, killing at least 97 people.

The Miami-Dade Police Department will continue to sift through what is left of the debris pile for additional remains and personal effects, officials said in a statement.

"At this step in the recovery process it has become increasingly challenging to identify victims, and we are relying heavily on the work of the medical examiner's office and the scientific, technical process of identifying human remains," Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said in a statement.

County officials said in a statement that the confirmed death toll stands at 97 - 96 victims whose remains were recovered from the wreckage and one victim who died while hospitalized.

"We believe there is one victim still unaccounted for," the statement said.

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