Follow-Up: Death Toll in Flatbush, Brooklyn Building Collapse Rises to 5, With 19 Hospitalized and 4 Critical as Search May Last Days
The death toll from the collapse of a three-story building in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn (Kings County), New York City, New York, rose to five on the morning of November 12: the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) confirmed that firefighters searching through the night recovered three more bodies from the rubble by early morning, up from the two deaths confirmed on the evening of November 11. Another 19 people were hospitalized, four of them in critical condition, five with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and 10 with minor injuries; at least seven children were among the victims, and one firefighter suffered minor injuries. Officials have not released the identities of those killed, said it was still not clear whether anyone remained in the rubble, and cautioned that the toll could still change.
The collapse occurred at about 4 p.m. Eastern Time on November 11, when the building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue, with a store at street level and apartments above, 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 more than 250 firefighters and EMS personnel responded within a minute and searched through the night: a third victim pulled from the rubble shortly after 1 a.m. was confirmed dead and the remains were removed at about 4:45 a.m., and the fourth and fifth victims were found minutes apart shortly after 6 a.m. FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said authorities did not know how many people might still be missing and that the search could take several days. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called it an incredibly challenging and fast-moving situation, with precarious wreckage and dangerous voids beneath the surface, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on social media that her heart breaks for the victims and that the state will offer full support to the investigation.
The cause of the collapse has not been determined, and the New York City Department of Buildings and law enforcement agencies are investigating; officials have not said whether excavation work at the neighboring site contributed. The incident is still developing.
Source: FDNY
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Photo: 图：事发社区纽约布鲁克林 Flatbush 的 Church Avenue 与 Flatbush Avenue 路口街景（资料图，非事故现场）。Wil540 art 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The intersection of Church Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, the neighborhood where the building collapsed (file photo, not the scene). Photo by Wil540 art, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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