High-rise demolition in Florida opens up fresh rubble in search for survivors

Rescue crews work at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building after the remaining structure was demolished Sunday, in Surfside, Fla., Monday, July 5, 2021. Many people are unaccounted for in the rubble of the building which partially collapsed June 24. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Rescuers are searching through fresh rubble after the last of the collapsed Florida apartment building was demolished, allowing crews into previously inaccessible places, officials said.

Three more victims were discovered in the new pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the death toll to 27 people.