A three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York City, in a Brooklyn building collapse that left two people dead and at least 17 others injured. Seven children were among those hurt.
Rescuers searched through the wreckage for survivors after the collapse. The cause has not been identified.
Flatbush rescue effort
The collapse happened in Flatbush, where rescuers continued working after the building came down. The casualty count made the scene a mass-injury response, with children included among the injured and two people dead.
That mix of fatalities and injuries is the immediate fact families are dealing with: a collapsed structure, search teams in the rubble, and a toll that already reached at least 19 people.
Exposed rooms nearby
Footage from the ground showed exposed bedrooms and stairwells in an adjacent building. The source does not say that building also collapsed, only that the interior was visible after the main collapse.
What caused the Brooklyn building collapse remains unanswered. For people in the area, the practical issue now is the search itself: rescuers were still looking for survivors while investigators would need to determine why the three-storey structure failed.
