CCFJ.NET: Sunny Isles Beach condo tower cited after explosion injures 6

Article Courtesy of The Miami Herald
By Carli Teproff
Published October 9, 2015

The developer and general contractor of the luxury Sunny Isles Beach condo tower where there was an explosion in the boiler room last week were cited for the improper “purging of [the] gas piping system.”

“The fuel was vented into a confined space with sources of ignition,” Sunny Isles Beach’s building inspector wrote in the citation issued to the Château Beach Residences Monday. “Precautions were not taken to safely purge gas piping.”

A complete report from the city’s building official about the explosion on the 34th-floor that injured six people, including at least one worker and two firefighters, will not be available for about a week, said Sunny Isles Beach Mayor George “Bud” Scholl. Read more:

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