Follow-Up: Death Toll in Flatbush, Brooklyn Building Collapse Rises to 8, With at Least 17 Injured and 4 Critical as Search Continues

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 eight on the morning of November 12: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed that eight New Yorkers had lost their lives, six of whose bodies were recovered from the rubble at the scene and two of whom died later in hospital. The toll is up from the five deaths the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) had confirmed early Thursday. At least 17 other people were hospitalized, four of them in critical condition, and at least seven children were among the victims. The FDNY has not released the identities or ages of those killed, nor said whether any children were among the dead, and said it was still not known how many people were inside the building when it fell, so 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 hundreds of firefighters and EMS personnel searched through the night using dogs, drones, buckets and vacuum trucks to clear the rubble. Mayor Mamdani said he was heartbroken that eight New Yorkers had lost their lives and that firefighters had worked for more than 15 hours in dangerous and highly technical conditions, with a storm approaching and crews racing to advance the search before the weather turned. The city's Office of Emergency Management and the Red Cross have opened a reception center for affected residents at the Flatbush YMCA, 1401 Flatbush Avenue.

The cause of the collapse has not been determined, and the New York City Department of Buildings and law enforcement agencies are investigating. Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani said construction workers had been excavating the adjacent lot earlier on Wednesday and that a developer had submitted plans for a nine-story building there that the department has not yet approved; officials have not said whether the excavation work contributed to the collapse. The incident is still developing.

Related: Follow-Up: Death Toll in Flatbush, Brooklyn Building Collapse Rises to 5, With 19 Hospitalized and 4 Critical as Search May Last Days

Source: FDNY

Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

Photo: 图：夜间搜救中，FDNY 消防员在倒塌废墟边作业，前景为 FDNY 消防局长 John Esposito 的背影。纽约市消防局（FDNY）官方发布照片。 / Photo: FDNY firefighters work at the collapse pile during the nighttime search, with Chief of Department John Esposito in the foreground. Official photo released by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).

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