Brooklyn building collapse kills at least 8 and injures 17 as search continues
Rescue crews continued searching for survivors in Brooklyn Thursday as the death toll from Wednesday's building collapse rose to eight, with 17 people injured.
Rescue crews continued to search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Brooklyn, New York, at first light on Thursday as the death toll rose to eight. Authorities in New York City said at least 17 people were hurt when the three-story residential building on the edge of a construction site in the borough's Flatbush section collapsed at about 4pm on Wednesday.
Four people were critically injured, officials said, and at least seven children were among the victims; although it is not clear if any of the fatalities are minors.
Mayor's Response
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, said in a post on X on Thursday morning that he was "heartbroken" by the tragedy.
He urged the public to stay away from the site on Flatbush Avenue, where about 250 first responders from the New York City fire department (FDNY) worked through what Mamdani said were "extremely dangerous conditions" to find anybody still trapped.
Rescue Operations
The FDNY, in an emailed statement to the New York Times on Thursday morning, said it was still hopeful of locating survivors. Workers brought in an excavator in the early hours of Thursday to help move larger pieces of the wreckage of the building, which had housed a number of apartments. Drones and canine units were being used to assist the rescue effort.
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Video taken at the scene on Wednesday night showed crews removing several people on stretchers. One person, seen covered in dust, was extricated at about 6.30pm after a crew dug a hole through some of the debris. Another person rescued was a six-months' pregnant woman whose husband had been searching for her through the late afternoon.
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