Evacuations ordered for apartment building near site of Surfside collapse

Residents were ordered to evacuate an apartment building in North Miami Beach, Florida, on Monday after city officials got word that the five-story structure, just miles from the site of the Surfside condominium collapse, was deemed “structurally” unsafe.

The evacuation was ordered for Bayview 60 Homes after city officials received a letter from Bronislaus P. Taurinski Structural Engineers, a firm hired by the property owner, that called for an immediate evacuation “due to the deflation in the elevation of the building’s floor slabs,” according to a press release.