Area residents are being told to shelter in place or get out of the area and stay away.
Here is the official announcement from Miami-Dade Police:
“The demolition of Champlain Towers South will take place tonight between 10:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.
We urge residents who live in the Shelter in Place Zone – between 86th St and 89th St and Abbott Ave and the shoreline – to stay indoors effective immediately.”
Demolition zone, courtesy Miami-Dade police.
More than 100 people are still missing, and presumed to be in the remains of the destruction.