SURFSIDE, Florida — The death toll rose to five on Saturday at the site of the Florida building collapse where rescue workers methodically searched for more than 150 missing residents while firefighters made progress in battling a smoldering fire in the mountain of debris.
Search-and-rescue teams found one victim at the site in Surfside, a shore town near Miami, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during an evening news briefing.
“Our top priority continues to be search and rescue and saving any lives that we can,” Levine Cava said.
The search effort has revealed some human remains while three other victims were identifi…
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