Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage
Fire officials said a major technical rescue is underway as crews search for trapped people and investigate the cause of the collapse.
- Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people and trapping others beneath the wreckage.
- The structure fell into an open construction pit, its shared wall shorn off and exposing interior rooms. A one-story building had been previously demolished on the lot for the construction project.
- FDNY units deployed drones and flashlights to aid the search as daylight faded Wednesday evening.
- Fire officials have not yet determined what caused the collapse. Rescuers continue searching for others trapped inside while medical personnel evaluate the injured, including several construction workers at the site.
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A three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people.
At least one person died when a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn, while several injured people were pulled from the rubble, including a child. The post New York: At least one dead in a three-story building collapse in Brooklyn appeared first on in.gr.
Miami, U.S.A., Nov. 11 (EFE).- At least two people died and 17 were injured - including seven minors - when a three-storey building collapsed this Wednesday in New York, while rescue teams are working to locate potential missing persons.The head of the New York Fire Department (FDNY), Lillian Bonsignore, said in a statement that [...] The entrance Up to 2 dead and 17 injured when a building collapsed in New York, USA, was first published in Hola…
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