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% |$ P9 k. C8 `, E- {The mayor of Surfside, where the disaster happened, Charles Burkett, said at an early-morning news conference that some 15 families had walked out of the building.

, v" t$ M8 o7 }Most residents would have been asleep when the collapse happened at about 01:00 (05:00 GMT).

, M- r( O1 i2 Z& N"It's heartbreaking because it doesn't seem to me... that we will find people alive," Mr Burkett said.

However, on Friday Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said they would do "everything possible" to locate survivors.
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"We will continue search and rescue because we still have hope that we will find people alive," she said.