Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage
Rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble as officials said the collapse killed at least 2 people and left more than 10 others hospitalized.
- 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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In the collapse of a multi-storey building in New York, at least two people were killed, and several others were trapped under the rubble.
Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 dead and 17 injured
NEW YORK — At least two people were killed and 17 others injured on Wednesday when a three-story apartment building collapsed in New York City, tumbling into a large hole created by a construction site next door, officials said.The collapse, which took place just after 4 p.m. near the intersection of Bedford and Flatbush Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, sheared off the wall of an adjacent three-story building and left a staircas…
A residential building collapses in itself. Large parts fall into a building pit. Rescuers do not know at first whether under the rubble still survivors are enclosed.
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