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Building collapse kills at least two in Brooklyn

A three-storey building collapsed into a construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 17 others.

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Building collapse kills at least two in Brooklyn

A three-storey building collapsed into a construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 17 others.

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A three-storey building collapsed into a construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 17 others. At least two people died and more than 17 were injured when a three-storey building collapsed into a construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Originally…

Three-storey building collapses in Brooklyn

Firefighters standing in a pit of debris at the scene of a building collapse, with cranes visible overhead and the side of a building completely ripped open.

A three-storey building on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn collapsed into an open construction site at about sixteen hundred local time on Wednesday. At least two people died and more than seventeen others were injured.

Massive rescue operation underway

More than two hundred fifty first responders arrived at the scene to search for survivors trapped under rubble. New York City Fire Department Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore described the rescue mission as extremely dangerous.

“extremely dangerous”

Survivor pulled from debris

Hours after the collapse, aerial video showed firefighters pulling a survivor covered in dust from the debris on a stretcher. The cause of the collapse remains undetermined.

The essence

At least two people died and more than 17 were injured when a three-storey building collapsed into a construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.

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