On a Wednesday afternoon in Brooklyn, a three-story apartment building dating to 1930 folded into itself and fell into a pit beside a neighboring construction site, as it has so often happened in cities where old structures stand against new excavation. Firefighters, dogs and volunteers worked through the debris into the night, and the toll so far is at least one dead and at least ten injured, among them construction workers. Why the building gave way has not yet been determined, and the question of whether the nearby digging played a part hangs over the rubble as the search goes on.
Brooklyn Apartment Building Collapse Leaves At Least One Dead, Ten Injured; Rescues Continue
At least one person was killed and at least ten were injured, including construction workers, while rescuers pulled survivors from the rubble.
Rescuers pulled a second person alive as flashlights caught reflective tape
On a Wednesday afternoon in Brooklyn, a three-story apartment building dating to 1930 folded into itself and fell into a pit beside a neighboring construction site, as it has so often happened in cities where old structures stand against new excavation. Firefighters, dogs and volunteers worked through the debris into the night, and the toll so far is at least one dead and at least ten injured, among them construction workers. Why the building gave way has not yet been determined, and the question of whether the nearby digging played a part hangs over the rubble as the search goes on.
Firefighters in Brooklyn spent Wednesday evening working through the remains of a three-story apartment building, hauling out debris by the bucketful while a search dog moved across the pile. The New York City Fire Department said the collapse killed at least one person and injured at least ten others, several of them construction workers.
The call came just after 4 p.m. Eastern, reporting that the four-unit building, which dated to 1930, had fully collapsed. Drone footage from WABC showed a stove, a toilet and a door lying in the wreckage, which had slid into a pit at an adjoining construction site. How the two might be connected is not yet known.
About two and a half hours in, a person was lifted alive from the rubble and taken away by ambulance. A man who believed it was his pregnant wife spoke to reporters: "I'm very happy, I'm very happy." Later, a second survivor was brought out in the flashlight beams. Officials have not stated a cause, and the investigation into the collapse and the neighboring pit is what comes next.
Firefighters in Brooklyn spent Wednesday evening working through the remains of a three-story apartment building, hauling out debris by the bucketful while a search dog moved across the pile. The New York City Fire Department said the collapse killed at least one person and injured at least ten others.
The Fire Department said it received a call just after 4 p.m. Eastern time (2100 GMT) reporting that a building had fully collapsed. The structure held four apartments and dated to 1930. Dozens of firefighters were at the scene as the search went on into the night.
Drone footage from the local television station WABC showed how the wreckage had settled. A stove, a toilet and a door were visible in the debris, which had fallen into a pit at an adjoining construction site. Local media reports said construction workers were among the injured. The reporting does not say how the building's fall and the neighboring site might be connected.
Before any rescues, the Fire Department said four people were critically injured and six more had minor injuries. Those figures were given before two people were pulled out alive, and the source does not say how the two rescued people fit into the count.
About two and a half hours after the collapse, WABC footage showed a person lifted alive from the rubble, placed on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance. A man who believed the person was his wife, six months pregnant, spoke to a WABC reporter. "I'm very happy, I'm very happy," he said. The report describes this as his belief, and no official identification of the rescued person was given.
Later, with flashlight beams bouncing off the reflective tape on the rescuers' dark coats, a second person could be seen being brought out alive.
Officials have not stated a cause. What to watch for next is the investigation into why the building came down, and whether the adjacent construction pit played any part. The number of dead and injured may also change as the search continues.
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I'm very happy, I'm very happy.— Man who believed the rescued person was his pregnant wife, speaking to WABC
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