[Updated 3:10 a.m. ET]Â Another construction worker was rescued from the rubble early Thursday morning, Miami fire officials said. But in order to get the man out of the collapsed garage, medics had to perform a double amputation. Authorities believe there is one more victim trapped in the massive debris.
[Updated at 9:22 p.m. ET] Three workers have died and one remains trapped in rubble after a parking garage under construction collapsed in Doral, Florida, according to the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.
Eight people are hospitalized in Miami-area hospitals, according to a statement from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. It did not identify them or give their conditions.
[Updated at 4:08 p.m. ET] One person died and at least two other people were trapped when a parking garage that was under construction collapsed in Doral, Florida, Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue told CNN.
One of the trapped survivors was freed. He was critically injured, Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue spokeswoman Griselle Marino said.
"We have our surgeon working on [him] right now," Â Marino said.
Marino said dogs are looking for one or two more people who could be trapped.
Eight people have so far been transported to a hospital, she said.
When you don't feed the parking meter, the parking garage strikes back!
We're there too many cars parked on it or large trucks? I haven't heard of a reported earthquake. Even with poor workmanship it shouldn't just collapse on its own, especially considering the rebar.
we're = were. Autocorrect stinks. Sorry.
Still didn't get to read the two sentences huh...
Probably not many cars at all on a garage UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!
One missed support, in my case the support was removed by mistake, been there, scary to see everything crashing to the ground. Most likely human error!
@ ST Webb... your not a very bright feller are you. Under construction or not.. there was some cars, so how do you know there was not alot? If they were letting cars in while under construction clearly they could have still filled it to capacity in the area's that were not being renovated. silly little girl
Read the story...
It was under construction!!!
Was anyone injured? I sure hope everyone will be ok. Poor folks. Construction can be dangerous.
Scary.
Thanks for your insightful waste of comment space.
Terrible. I feel sad for the family of the worker who died. Hope and pray that those trapped are rescued.
Hope they get to the trapped persons soon!
Its a pretty major collapse. It appears that about a 25% portion of the garage "pan caked" all the way down to the ground.
ouch
Buildings don't do that, ask the 9-11 troofer "engineers"...
where , what building address area something, I have family there, more info please
Maxy,
This happened at the Miami-Dade College Doral Campus (NW 41 Street and Florida Turnpike)...
I always think I'm paranoid when entering such parking places. Will avoid them in the future. Hope this is not caused by shady contractors. Prayers for us all as we live in a time when most things made from concrete age and fall apart. Lava can be harvested and poured into molds to make firmer and longer lasting forms. Kiln bricks would not melt in the heat of lava. Why do we not look into replacing concrete molded items with lava molded ones? Help us please some "mad scientist".PLEASE
This happened during construction – not while people were parking!!! Good god, please read the article.
@emma you really shoudl read an article before commenting. Construction is the most dangerous industry worldwide!
We've had over 7 feet (feet) of rain this year and no doubt they will investigate the water/cement ratio to determine if rainfall while pouring affected it's strength – Miami has tropical downpours (4 inches an hour is common when that happens) and that could have made a difference – if they were pouring when it was pouring rain...
I'm sure they were probably pouring when it collapsed and had nothing to do with the water-cement ratio. These collapses are usually caused from faulty shoring and re-shoring.
What a sick person you are. I guess you are pretty disgusted living in America where people are free to believe what they believe. Sounds like your mentality and personality would be better suited for life in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, North Korea...or anywhere else people are killed on a daily basis for their political beliefs...
From the pictures I've seen so far, it appears to be precast, poured in a yard and set on site. Precast can be very safe, providing each step is done properly, and you don't try to go too fast. Precast is used because it is cheaper and faster than cast in place concrete, but is definitely more dangerous.
What a coincidence, I was wishing was YOU !!!!!!!
Hope as many people were saved as possible.