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Rescue efforts resume after delay at condo collapse site

By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press
Published: July 1, 2021, 3:13pm
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Workers peer up at the rubble pile at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Surfside, Fla.
Workers peer up at the rubble pile at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Search and rescue workers, who have had to contend with summer rainstorms, fires within the debris, and the threat of collapse from the still standing portion of the building, were not visible atop the rubble on Thursday morning, as scores of people remain missing one week after the collapse.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Photo Gallery

SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue efforts at the site of a partially collapsed Florida condominium building resumed Thursday afternoon, about 15 hours after the work was halted out of concern about the stability of the remaining structure, the mayor said.

Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said he did not know why officials decided to restart the search.

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