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Brooklyn Building Collapse: 3 Dead, 17 Hurt
12 Nov
Summary
- Three fatalities confirmed after a building collapsed in Brooklyn.
- Seventeen individuals sustained injuries, including several children.
- Rescue operations faced dangerous conditions for trapped survivors.
A three-story apartment building in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood collapsed on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least three people and injuring 17 others. The four-unit building crumbled into an adjacent construction site around 4 p.m. ET.
First responders, numbering about 250, engaged in a perilous search for survivors throughout the night. Seven children were among the injured, though authorities did not confirm if any were among the fatalities. A pregnant woman was successfully rescued more than two hours after the collapse.
The cause of the 1930s building's collapse is currently under investigation. Officials described the rescue mission as extremely dangerous due to the precarious state of the wreckage, noting that the search could take several days.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani conveyed condolences and highlighted the rapid response of rescue workers, who arrived on the scene within one minute of the initial call. He praised the FDNY's training for such challenging rescue operations.
