Eight killed as Brooklyn building falls beside digging site
At least eight people are dead and 18 injured after a three-storey residential building collapsed in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Wednesday afternoon, New York officials say. The building came down while workers were excavating an adjoining lot. About 250 first responders were sent to the site, and crews continued searching the rubble. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said six people died at the scene and two in hospital. The cause is under investigation, and the mayor has ordered a probe into five companies and 100 construction sites linked to them.
Key facts
- The collapsed building was built in 1930 and had four residential units above a ground-floor medical uniform shop.
- Two of the dead were construction workers, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- The collapse was captured in a six-second video filmed from a third-floor apartment at 1321 Flatbush Avenue.
- Inspectors and engineers are checking whether the remaining structures at the site are stable.
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Why it matters
The collapse raises questions about excavation work next to occupied buildings in dense urban areas.
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