Evacuated Residents From Crestview Towers In North Miami Beach Can Retrieve Essential Items

CBS Miami

July 9, 2021

Residents of the North Miami Beach condo Crestview Towers, who were forced to evacuate over concerns about the building’s structural integrity, will be allowed to return to retrieve essential items on Friday, officials said.

North Miami Beach officials ordered the 156-unit Crestview Towers evacuated a week ago following an audit of high-rise buildings 40 years old or older. The audit was ordered in response to the collapse of the nearby Champlain Towers South condo complex in Surfside, which killed at least 64 and left 76 people missing in the rubble.

Crestview Towers residents will be escorted by a police officer and will have 15 minutes to pick up necessary items, city officials said.

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