New York: At least two people were killed and 10 others injured after a three-storey building collapsed at the edge of a construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday, trapping people beneath the rubble.
At least four of the injured were rushed to hospital in critical condition, while six others sustained minor injuries, according to officials.
Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough's Flatbush section around 4 pm and began digging through the debris. At around 6.30 pm, they pulled a person alive from the rubble and rushed them to a waiting ambulance.
News helicopter footage showed dozens of firefighters searching the debris and using power saws to cut through the wreckage.
The building stood at the edge of a lot where another one-storey building had been demolished for a construction project. The site was being excavated when the building collapsed, filling the construction pit with bricks and wood.
Another building that shared a wall with the collapsed structure remained standing, but part of its wall had been torn away, exposing rooms inside.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed support for the affected community in a statement posted on social media.
Phone and email messages seeking comment were left with the architect, property owner, and general contractor listed in city records as being associated with the construction project.
