Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage
Rescue crews searched the rubble for hours as officials said four people were critically injured and seven children were among those treated.
- On Wednesday, a three-story residential building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn collapsed into an adjacent construction site, killing at least two people and injuring 19 others, including seven children.
- City records indicate the neighboring construction site was cited in April for illegal excavation despite a stop-work order, a violation the contractor resolved in October by paying a $10,000 penalty.
- Describing the operation as "dangerous and perilous," FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore noted that over 250 personnel utilized drones, sniffer dogs, and manual digging to navigate precarious voids beneath the debris.
- While rescue teams continue to search the site for potential victims, the city opened a reception center at the Flatbush YMCA to support displaced residents.
- Amid ongoing emergency operations, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged residents to avoid the area, noting that nearby streets remain closed with traffic delays expected throughout recovery.
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At least two people were killed in the collapse of a residential building in New York. According to the fire department, 17 more people were injured during the accident in the Flatbush district in Brooklyn on Wednesday, among them seven children. More than 250 firefighters and rescue workers were in use in Flatbush, as the New York fire department reported in online service X.
At least three people died in the collapse of a building in the Brooklyn area of New York City. While there are currently 17 wounded. Rescuers are still at work and do not exclude that under the rubble there may be other people trapped. The three-storey building collapsed around 16:00 yesterday [...] The article New York, three-storey building collapses in Brooklyn: three dead. Mayor Mamdani: "Situation complex, initiated investigation" comes fr…
Death toll rises to 5 in Brooklyn building collapse as rescuers dig through rubble
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters early Thursday removed the bodies of three more people who died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, bringing the death toll to five, and they kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage.
In the collapse of a multi-storey residential building in Brooklyn, New York, at least two people were killed and 17 others were injured – four of them are in mortal danger. Parts of the house fell into an adjacent building pit. Whether this pit might have contributed to the collapse of the building is unclear - the investigation is still ongoing.
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