Crews nearly done drilling for Florida building demolition

Crews nearly done drilling for Florida building demolition
An American flag flies from a crane next to the Champlain Towers South building (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Demolition specialists carefully bored holes to insert explosive charges into the precarious, still-standing portion of a collapsed South Florida building that will come down to open up new areas for rescue teams to search.

Some 80% of the drilling work was complete, and the remaining structure could come down as soon as Sunday night, Miami-Dade assistant fire chief Raide Jadallah told relatives of those missing in the collapse.

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