Eight killed, including two children, in New York building collapse
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Summary
Eight people, including two children, died when a three-storey residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction excavation site in Brooklyn on November 11. More than a dozen people were injured, and New York authorities are investigating the cause.Key Facts
- The building had four apartments and a ground-floor commercial space.
- The collapse happened Wednesday afternoon as construction workers prepared foundations for a planned development.
- Firefighters searched the rubble overnight using drones and canine units; officials said Thursday that no further victims remained at the site.
- One victim was 22-year-old Ecuadorian national Gabriel Siguencia, who was working at the construction site.
- The youngest victim was reported to be nine years old.
- Victims’ nationalities included Ecuador, Guatemala and Guinea.
- City building department documents showed that the construction site received a stop-work order in April over potentially dangerous demolition conditions.
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