1 dead, 4 critically injured after building collapse in New York City
What happened
A three-storey building in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighbourhood collapsed into an adjoining construction pit on Wednesday afternoon, and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said eight people died.
At least 17 people were hurt, three of them firefighters, according to Mamdani; ABC puts the injured at 19, and four were in critical condition, the fire department told Reuters.
The building, dating from about 1930, tumbled into a site where excavation work was underway after a one-storey structure there had been torn down.
Rescuers pulled at least four survivors from the wreckage two to two and a half hours later, WABC-TV reported, including a pregnant woman.
Fire Chief John Esposito said it would take several days to search the whole site, and that the number of missing is not known.
The cause is not known; city building inspectors and police are investigating.
“We do not know how many people are missing overall.”
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