The City of Miami halted all demolition of a construction site in Brickell on Saturday, following a viral video that shows a large piece of debris falling to the street below.
The address of the incident has since been confirmed as 700 Brickell Avenue.
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According to a statement by the City of Miami, the building site has been “red tagged.”
Miami Fire Rescue says there was still more debris and concrete that had the potential to fall, so the demolition company worked quickly to remove the unstable pieces before they were forced to stop indefinitely.
"Now they're going to reassess this plan and make sure they develop a safer safety initiative to be able to demolish this building and make sure there's no more incident along with it,” Miami Fire Rescue’s Lt. Pete Sanchez said.
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One couple that lives in Brickell says they walk the area all the time and they had a feeling this could happen.
"We were concerned even before tonight, it seemed raggedy the way they were doing it,” the woman said. "I'm sure they're going to have to put more safety measures in."
Miami Fire Rescue says 7th Street will be closed indefinitely to vehicle traffic. The side walk on the opposite side of the street will remain open for pedestrians.
"We're very fortunate and happy to hear no one was injured because anyone walking under that could have been very injured even it could have been fatal,” Sanchez said.
