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Death Toll Rises to 8 in Brooklyn Building Collapse as Rescuers Dig Through Rubble
About 250 firefighters and police officers searched the rubble as officials said two victims were pulled from the debris and one firefighter was injured.
- On Thursday morning, Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed the death toll from a Brooklyn building collapse at a Flatbush construction site reached eight, as hundreds of firefighters continued searching through wreckage for additional victims.
- Department of Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani noted that crews were performing excavation work for a new structure when the three-story building, which housed apartments and commercial space, fell into the construction pit on Wednesday.
- FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said the rescue effort is "dangerous and perilous," with 250 firefighters working to navigate unstable debris at 1321 Flatbush Ave, where at least 17 people were hospitalized.
- One victim was 26-year-old Jose Luis Caguana, an immigrant from Ecuador; his brother, Carlos, said Caguana's pregnant wife faces "immense amount of pain" after losing the family's sole provider.
- Rescuers face worsening conditions as heavy rain was forecast for Thursday afternoon, and concerns about secondary collapse remained while New York City Emergency Management coordinated the ongoing search operation.
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Rescue work remains ongoing after building last night collapsed.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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At least eight people have died following the collapse of a three-storey residential building on Wednesday in Flatbush neighborhood, Brooklyn's New York district, as confirmed by the city's authorities.
·Pamplona, Spain
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The report of the victims of the collapse of a residential building in Brooklyn has gone up to at least eight people. The mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani said so and reports it in the New York Times. (ANSA)
·Rome, Italy
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Death toll rises to 8 in Brooklyn building collapse as rescuers dig through rubble – WTOP News
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.
·Chevy Chase, United States
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