Huge search after deadly building collapse in Miami – BBC News

A rescue operation is under way in Miami-Dade County, Florida, after a 12-storey residential building partially collapsed, killing at least one person.

Rescuers are combing the rubble, searching for any trapped survivors, and were seen pulling a boy out alive.

Images from Surfside, north of Miami Beach, show a pile of debris on one side of the building. At least eight people have been injured.

The collapse is said to have occurred at about 02:00 (06:00 GMT).

It is unclear how many people were inside the building at the time.

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