Crews Almost Completed Drilling for Condo Demolition in Florida | Wire

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – Demolition specialists carefully dug holes Sunday to insert explosive charges into the precarious and still standing portion of a South Florida condominium that will collapse to open up new areas search to rescue teams.
Eighty percent of the drilling was complete and the remaining structure could collapse as early as Sunday night, Miami-Dade Deputy Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told relatives of those missing in the collapse. The timing, however, was still not set.
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