[Video] Follow-Up: 2 Children Among 8 Killed in Flatbush, Brooklyn Building Collapse; Injured Revised to at Least 18
New official details emerged on November 12 in the collapse of a three-story building in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn (Kings County), New York City, New York: Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a Thursday news conference that two of the eight people killed were children and six were adults. It was the first official indication that children were among the dead; the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) had previously said only that at least seven children were among the dead and injured, without releasing the ages of those killed. Mamdani also revised the injured count to at least 18 people, including four firefighters, up from the at least 17 injured, four of them critical, reported earlier.
Mamdani said it was still not clear late Thursday morning whether anyone else remained trapped in the rubble. Fire Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said heavy rain forecast for Thursday afternoon would turn the rubble to mud and hinder the search, but vowed firefighters would work through the rain if necessary. Two excavators were removing large chunks of debris on Thursday after hundreds of firefighters and police officers searched through the night with dogs, pickaxes and power saws, and a pregnant woman was pulled alive from the rubble on Wednesday night. The Associated Press reported that Jose Luis Caguana, 26, a worker at the construction site, was identified by his brother as one of those killed; he had come to the United States from Ecuador about six years ago. Officials have not yet formally released the names of the eight people killed.
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 four apartments above, fell into the excavation pit of the adjacent construction site at 2625 Bedford Avenue. The cause has still not been determined and the New York City Department of Buildings is investigating. Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani said construction workers had been excavating the adjacent lot earlier on Wednesday; city officials said a stop-work order was issued in March after inspectors found a building on that lot was being demolished without adequate protection for neighboring buildings, that demolition resumed in April in violation of the order, and that work was allowed to continue in May after the problems were corrected. The incident is still developing.
Source: Associated Press
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Photo: 图：倒塌的三层楼房坠入相邻工地基坑，消防员在废墟中搜寻，黄色挖掘机协助清理。纽约市消防局（FDNY）官方发布照片。 / Photo: The collapsed three-story building in the adjacent excavation pit, as firefighters search the rubble and an excavator clears debris. Official photo released by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).
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