Three-storey building collapses in Brooklyn
What happened
A three-storey residential building collapsed in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighbourhood on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least eight people, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Mamdani said 18 people were injured, three of them firefighters; ANSA put the figure at 17, and German outlet Tagesschau reported that two of the dead are children.
More than 250 firefighters and paramedics, along with search dogs, combed the rubble for survivors, Tagesschau reported.
Fire chief Lillian Bonsignore called the operation "extremely dangerous", saying rescuers must coordinate carefully so as not to endanger anyone still trapped.
Parts of the building fell into an adjacent construction pit; whether the pit contributed to the collapse is unclear, and investigators are still working to establish the cause.
According to ANSA, citing city data, the 1930 building held four flats, and inspectors had ordered work at the neighbouring site halted in March, then fined the owner $10,000 when it continued.
“There are no words for a loss of this magnitude”
Der Standard · translated
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