At least one person has died and more than 50 are unaccounted for following the collapse of an apartment block in Miami.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Sally Heyman told CNN that officials were yet to account for 51 people thought to be residents of the building, but said it was unclear whether any of them were inside when the building collapsed. Ten people are said to have been injured.
More than 80 fire and rescue units were at the 12-storey beachfront apartment block in the town of Surfside, with images showing a pile of rubble and debris spilling down from what was left of the balconies of the building.
About 35 occupants who were trapped in the building were pulled from the rubble and the town’s mayor has warned the death toll is likely to rise.
