In pictures: Deadly condo collapse

A 12-story residential building partially collapsed in the South Florida community of Surfside on June 24.

Search-and-rescue teams have been sifting through the rubble at Champlain Towers South, which is a few miles north of Miami Beach. A side of the building crashed to the ground, leaving huge piles of debris.

The remaining portion of the building was demolished late Sunday, July 4.

“This is a horrific catastrophe. In the United States, buildings just don’t fall down,” Surfside Mayor Charles W. Burkett said.

The cause of the collapse is still unknown. A 2018 report raised concerns about structural damage, and a letter sent months before the collapse warned that damage to the building was accelerating.