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Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage

Rescuers used drones, dogs and flashlights as firefighters searched for survivors and said at least 10 people were hospitalized, four in critical condition.

  • 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 New York there is a "devastation", as Mayor Mamdani explains. A house in Brooklyn falls into a pit, two people die. While saviors are looking for buried people, investigators are looking for the cause.

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Two people were killed, and about 20 of them were damaged in Brooklyn, when a sustainable building collapsed next to a gradilišta, rescued the nurses of Njujorka, while rescuers continued to observe the rubble.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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At least two people have died and several others are trapped under the rubble after a three-story building collapsed on Wednesday afternoon in Brooklyn, New York, near a construction site. About 250 firefighters and police officers were involved in the search and rescue operation, using picks and saws to extract people covered in dust and trapped under piles of collapsed wood and bricks, reports Telegrafi. During a press conference, authorities …

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A three-story building has collapsed in New York, burying a large number of people. Rescue teams are on the scene, including New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. At least two people have died and more than 17 have been injured. People are still searching for survivors in the rubble.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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A search is currently underway for survivors in Brooklyn, a district of New York, the world's financial center, after a three-story, multi-purpose building collapsed, CNN reported.

·Budapest, Hungary
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At least two people died and 17 were injured in a serious house crash in New York. Parts of the house fell into a pit.

·Munich, Germany
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USA Today broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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