Search for bodies concludes at site of collapsed Florida apartment block

A worker jumps off a large piece of rubble on the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse, in Surfside, Fla., Monday, July 19, 2021. Two close friends and former New Yorkers are among the last of the missing as the South Florida condo search stretches into a fourth week. (Jose A Iglesias/Miami Herald via AP)

Firefighters have declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida apartment building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several storeys high.

The June 24 collapse at Champlain Towers South in Surfside killed 97 people, with at least one more missing person yet to be identified.