Follow-Up: Death Toll in Flatbush, Brooklyn Building Collapse Rises to 2, at Least 12 Injured With 6 Critical as Search Continues
The death toll from the collapse of a three-story building in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, rose to two on the evening of November 11: Fire Department of New York (FDNY) officials said that night that two people had been killed and at least 12 others injured, six of them critically, and that firefighters were still searching the rubble into the night, with the number of people possibly still trapped not yet fully confirmed. Mayor Zohran Mamdani also said that evening that at least two people had died in the collapse.
The collapse occurred at about 4 p.m. Eastern Time on November 11 at 1321 Flatbush Avenue, a building with a store at street level and apartments above, which fell into the excavation pit of the adjacent construction site at 2625 Bedford Avenue. The FDNY received the first call at 4:01 p.m. and mounted a major technical-rescue response, with about 250 fire and EMS personnel at the scene at one point. The injured were taken to Kings County Hospital and other area hospitals, and at least one child was among the injured. Rescuers continued searching the debris that night under floodlights and with search dogs.
The cause of the collapse has not been determined, and officials have not said whether excavation work at the neighboring site contributed. Inspectors from the New York City Department of Buildings remained at the scene investigating. City records show that in April a demolition contractor at the adjacent site was issued a violation for continuing demolition work despite a stop-work order; the violation was resolved in October. Officials have not yet released the identities of the two people killed, and the toll may still change as the search continues.
Source: FDNY
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Photo: 图：事发地一带、布鲁克林 Flatbush 社区 Flatbush Avenue 与 Nostrand Avenue 路口的 Flatbush Avenue 地铁站入口街景（资料图，非事故现场）。Jim Henderson 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Flatbush Avenue station entrance at Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, near the collapse site (file photo, not the scene). Photo by Jim Henderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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