At least 86 people died in a building collapse in Florida on June 24, local authorities said Saturday morning after another night of searching through the rubble.
Seven new bodies have been identified, bringing the death toll to 86, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told a press conference, adding that 62 bodies have been identified and 43 people who may have being in the building when it collapsed are still missing.
The rescue teams, who take turns 24 hours a day on the site of the disaster, however witnessed a small miracle on Friday, the cat of a family living on the 9th floor of the collapsed building having been found alive, near the rubble.
Binx, the feline with the short black coat, was later returned to his family, whose father is among the missing.
Investigation in progress
The twelve-story building, built on the waterfront and named Champlain Towers South, partially collapsed in a still largely unexplained way on June 24 at night, although the first elements of the investigation revealed that the building structure seemed degraded in places.
The rest of the building, with the instability considered dangerous, was the subject of a controlled demolition Sunday evening, which allowed the teams to progress in areas of excavations until then inaccessible.
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