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The death toll rose to eight Thursday after a Brooklyn building collapsed and an adjacent building was significantly damaged.
A three-story, multi-use building on Flatbush Avenue collapsed into a nearby construction site just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, tearing off the side of another building.
At least eight people were killed and 17 others were injured as of Thursday afternoon, according to the FDNY. Six people were found dead at the scene, and two died at the hospital.
“We know that this morning they pulled out, I believe a couple of construction workers that were on site last night, which added to the death toll this morning,” said Councilwoman Farrah Louis.
The structure was fully occupied by residents, and workers were in the construction pit performing excavation work at the time of the collapse.
Emergency crews worked through the night under floodlights with the help of drones and K-9 units to get through the massive piles of rubble.
Video showed dozens of firefighters at the scene Thursday morning searching for additional victims. First responders also used machinery to excavate debris.
The FDNY completed its rescue operations just after 3:30 p.m. Thursday after searching the entire site and determining there were no remaining victims.
The building collapse site has now been turned over to the Department of Buildings and the NYPD. Officials are trying to determine what caused the ground to give way.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the incident devastating, praising first responders for executing a grueling, high-risk technical operation.
“Rescue workers have spent the night searching the site of yesterday’s building collapse, working under extremely dangerous conditions to find and save anyone who may still be trapped. I am heartbroken that eight New Yorkers have now lost their lives and at least 17 have been injured, including three firefighters. There are no words for a loss of this magnitude,” he said in a post Thursday.
Investigators are conducting comprehensive reviews of the conditions at the collapsed building and neighboring construction site. Investigators said developers have active permits for excavation and foundation work associated with a new building project.
Records revealed the site had been cited for violations months before the disaster. Those were corrected, and work was allowed to resume in May.
Investigators have not determined whether that work contributed to the collapse.
A full stop-work order has been issued as recovery operations continue.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is also investigating whether any criminal conduct contributed to the collapse.
