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At least two people have died and at least 17 are injured after a three-story building in New York City collapsed Wednesday, Nov. 11 city officials said.
At least seven children are among the victims.
Seaech for survivora continue as rescue workers don’t know how many people may be still be trapped.
The building collapsed around 4 p.m. in the central Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush.
Firefighters were seen pulling people from the debris, placing them on stretchers and carrying them up ladders to remove them from the site.
Investigators are looking into what caused the building to collapse into an adjacent construction site, trapping people in both.
New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore told reporters that multiple occupants inside the residential property and workers at the neighbouring construction site were trapped beneath rubble following the collapse.
"We have 19 patients. Sadly, we have two that are deceased, four that are critical, 12 that are stable, and we also have one firefighter with minor injuries. Of those 19, seven are children," Bonsignore stated.
The city's Department of Buildings said its inspectors were on the scene "assisting with recovery operations and conducting structural stability inspections of nearby buildings."
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