Residents of an eight-story condo building in Miami were ordered to evacuate after the building was deemed unsafe by city officials, per the AP. On Monday night, some six weeks after 98 people died in the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in nearby Surfside, residents of the 138-unit building lugged belongings to their vehicles, news outlets reported. They were ordered to be out by Tuesday morning. "My grandfather just comes in the house screaming that we have to leave immediately," said a resident identified by WSVN as Mya Ncastanedo. "If this building is demolished, there goes our property ... and all our memories from growing up here." The building was put on notice July 7 for several violations, including failure to obtain its 40-year recertification as safe to occupy.
"We felt the building occupants were not safe," Miami Building Director Asael "Ace" Marrero told the Miami Herald. On July 26, city officials met with residents who were concerned about the condition of the building, the Herald reported. City staff inspected the building the next day and determined that the detached elevated garage had to be closed because of structural concerns, according to the newspaper. Officials also told the building's property manager that the damaged columns in the main building's first floor "required emergency shoring." The city ordered the building's officials to submit a plan to fix the issue immediately, but it never received any plans, officials said. The building also didn't apply for any permits to make repairs.
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