Brooklyn building collapse kills at least one and traps others in wreckage
Summary
A three-story building collapsed beside an excavation site in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping others in the rubble. Firefighters searched through the debris and rescued a person alive as emergency crews treated the injured and continued looking for survivors.Key Facts
- Firefighters were called to the scene at about 4 p.m.
- The New York City Fire Department reported one death.
- Four people were taken to a hospital in critical condition.
- Six other people were hospitalized with minor injuries.
- At about 6:30 p.m., firefighters pulled a person alive from the rubble and took them to an ambulance.
- The collapsed building stood beside a construction site where a one-story building had been demolished and the ground was being excavated.
- Rescuers searched the rubble by hand and used rescue dogs.
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