Follow-Up: Search Ends at Flatbush, Brooklyn Collapse as FDNY Confirms No More Victims at Site; 8 Dead, 18 Injured
The search at the Flatbush building collapse in Brooklyn (Kings County), New York City, New York, has ended. The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) announced on social media on November 12 that rescue operations concluded at 3:37 p.m. Eastern on Thursday and that it had determined there are no more victims at the site at 1321 Flatbush Avenue. The site has been turned over to the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) and the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a midday news conference on Thursday that two children and six adults, including two construction workers, were killed: six people died at the scene and two others died at nearby hospitals. Eighteen people were injured, 14 civilians and four firefighters; one person remained in critical condition on Thursday afternoon and the vast majority of those still being treated were stable, the mayor said. Officials cautioned that the figures could still change. The identities of the people who died have not yet been officially released. More than 250 firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded to the collapse.
The three-story building collapsed at about 4 p.m. Eastern on November 11 into the excavation pit of the adjacent construction site at 2625 Bedford Avenue, trapping residents and construction workers under the rubble, and rescue crews worked overnight and through Thursday's rain. A full vacate order covers the collapsed building and three neighboring buildings at 1323, 1325 and 1327 Flatbush Avenue. The American Red Cross said it had registered seven households, 14 adults and five children, for emergency assistance including temporary lodging, and that a service center with New York City Emergency Management at the Flatbush YMCA was supporting displaced residents with temporary housing, social services and mental health support. Mamdani said the Department of Buildings and law enforcement are leading a comprehensive investigation into both the construction site and the collapsed building, and that the cause has not been announced.
Source: New York City Fire Department
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Photo: 图：布鲁克林 Flatbush Avenue 街口的倒塌现场，废墟散落在相邻工地基坑与人行道上，紧邻楼房仍立在原处。纽约市消防局（FDNY）官方发布照片。 / Photo: The collapse site at Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, with rubble spread across the adjacent excavation pit and sidewalk and the neighboring building still standing. Official photo released by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).
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