Death Toll Rises to 8 in Brooklyn Building Collapse as Rescuers Search for Survivors
A forensic engineer says next-door construction may have weakened the structure as firefighters search for more victims and hospitals treat at least 17 injured.
- On Wednesday around 4 p.m., a three-story building at 2625 Bedford Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, collapsed, leaving eight people dead and at least 17 injured.
- Forensic engineer Dan Eschenasy told CNN the collapse likely occurred because adjacent construction removed structural support, creating an "extremely fragile" corner structure vulnerable to minimal soil movement.
- About 250 firefighters continue search and rescue operations on Thursday, while the New York City Department of Environmental Protection shut off water to around 100 surrounding buildings to facilitate recovery.
- Incoming rain may turn debris into heavy mud, FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore warned Thursday, complicating the "methodical, regimented process" of searching through wreckage for survivors.
- Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is investigating "whether any criminal conduct contributed to this tragedy," noting city records show previous stop work orders were issued for the site.
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NYC building collapse: Timeline of deadly disaster as rescuers race to pull survivors from rubble
A three-story NYC building collapsed into a construction site on Flatbush Avenue, killing at least eight. A prior stop work order raised questions about the site.
In total there are eight those who died from the collapse of the building.
The death toll from the collapse of a building in the Brooklyn borough of New York has risen to at least eight people. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said rescue efforts are continuing to find possible survivors under the rubble.
The number of victims of the collapse of a building in New York City the previous day increased considerably on Thursday morning, with eight dead and 19 injured, four of them in critical condition, according to a new firefighters' report.
With a storm approaching, crews are racing to search a building collapse that killed at least 8 people, mayor says
By Gloria Pazmino, Sara Smart, Jeff Winter, Brynn Gingras and Lauren Mascarenhas (CNN) – More bodies were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in New York as the sun rose Thursday, bringing the total killed to at least eight. At least 19 people, including three firefighters, were injured when the three-story structure fell
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