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At least two people have been killed and more than 10 others injured after a three-storey apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York, with emergency workers continuing to search the rubble for possible survivors.
The building, located in the Flatbush area, collapsed at about 4pm on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, falling into an adjoining construction site where excavation work was underway.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed the deaths and injuries, saying at least two people died while more than 10 others were taken to local hospitals. The injured victims reportedly suffered conditions ranging from critical to non-life-threatening.
City officials said 19 victims had been identified, including seven children. However, authorities were still unable to determine how many people might have been trapped beneath the debris.
New York City Fire Department Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore disclosed that a firefighter also sustained minor injuries during the rescue operation. Fire Department Chief John Esposito said the four-unit apartment building dated back to 1930 and had collapsed into the neighbouring construction site.
Esposito said the cause of the collapse remained under investigation. He added that officials did not immediately know how many residents or construction workers were at the location when the building came down.
A firefighting crew already in the neighbourhood arrived within a minute of the collapse and helped rescue the first victims. Television footage showed emergency workers using search dogs and removing debris as they searched for people who might have survived in spaces beneath the rubble.
WABC-TV reported that at least four survivors were pulled from the wreckage between two and two-and-a-half hours after the collapse, including a pregnant woman. Esposito warned that searching the entire site could take several days, as the number of people missing remained unknown.
Rescue operations were ongoing as authorities worked to establish the full number of victims and determine what caused the building to collapse.
