{"id":366028,"date":"2026-08-08T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366028\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:38:14","slug":"crane-collapses-onto-the-pool-deck-of-brickell-condominium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366028\/","title":{"rendered":"Crane collapses onto the pool deck of Brickell condominium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4164c81d-5f9b-49a1-b62b-8977a187ac6c.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A crane being assembled next to One Plaza West Brickell failed, and its arm fell onto the condominium\u2019s pool deck; Miami crews report no injuries, and investigations are underway.\" alt=\"A crane being assembled next to One Plaza West Brickell failed, and its arm fell onto the condominium\u2019s pool deck; Miami crews report no injuries, and investigations are underway.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A crane being assembled next to One Plaza West Brickell failed, and its arm fell onto the condominium\u2019s pool deck; Miami crews report no injuries, and investigations are underway.<\/p>\n<p>            Miami Fire Rescue<\/p>\n<p>Miami firefighters rushed to a Brickell condominium building on Friday afternoon after a construction crane next door failed, and its arm snapped onto a pool deck below, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Around 3:55 p.m., a crane was being assembled at a construction site next to One Plaza West Brickell, a luxury condominium at 1818 SW First Avenue, Miami Fire Rescue said.<\/p>\n<p>The crane experienced \u201csome kind of failure,\u201d said department spokesperson Lt. Pete Sanchez. It\u2019s arm torqued and fell onto the condominium\u2019s pool deck.<\/p>\n<p>The crane was not operating when the collapse occurred. Firefighters checked the pool deck and found no one injured.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_0417.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"0\" title=\"IMG_0417.jpeg\" alt=\"The crane that collapsed onto One Plaza West Brickell\u2019s pool deck was being assembled.\"\/>                                                                                    The crane that collapsed onto One Plaza West Brickell\u2019s pool deck was being assembled.                                                                                                                                                                        Miami Fire Rescue                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>The construction crew told authorities all the workers were accounted for and uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>The pool deck was cordoned off to protect residents. The city of Miami\u2019s Building Department and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating.<\/p>\n<p>The plot of land that the construction site sits on is registered to Westbri School Development LLC. The business could not be reached for comments.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5524.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"0\" title=\"IMG_5524.jpeg\" alt=\"The plot of land on which the construction site sits is registered to Westbri School Development LLC.\"\/>                                                                                    The plot of land on which the construction site sits is registered to Westbri School Development LLC.                                                                                                                                                                        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He\u2019s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crane being assembled next to One Plaza West Brickell failed, and its arm fell onto the condominium\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-366028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}