Many feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapses

A total of 22 South Americans were missing in the collapse — nine from Argentina, six from Paraguay, four from Venezuela and three from Uruguay

Rescue workers look through the rubble where a wing of a 12-storey beachfront condo building collapsed (Lynne Sladky/AP)

At least one person was killed and many others were pulled from rubble after a beachfront condo building partially collapsed outside Miami on Thursday.

A wing of the 12-storey building in the community of Surfside came down with a roar around 1:30am.