Three-Story Brooklyn Building Collapse Leaves at Least One Dead

At least one person died after a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn on November 11, according to The Guardian.

The collapse happened in the Flatbush section of the New York City borough. Firefighters were called to the scene at about 4pm, and the building had stood at the edge of a lot where a one-story building had been torn down. The lot was being dug out for a construction project.

The New York City Fire Department said four people were taken to hospitals in critical condition. Six others were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, according to the same reports.

Rescue work went on into the evening. At about 6:30pm, firefighters pulled a living person, covered in dust, from the rubble and carried them on a stretcher to an ambulance.

A neighbouring building shared a wall with the collapsed structure. It remained standing, but that wall was sheared away, leaving the rooms inside exposed to view.

They do not give a cause for the collapse, and none has been stated in the material available to Brief.