Brooklyn Rescue Ends After 8 Die in Building Collapse, City Probes Excavation
Search Ends After Overnight Effort
After a night of searching the rubble, New York City officials said Thursday that rescue efforts were over. They concluded there were no additional victims. The Fire Department confirmed the search for victims on Flatbush Avenue had ended. The collapse killed eight people and injured 18.
Collapse Into Construction Site
The apartment building fell into an adjacent construction site in Flatbush. A witness saw its front and side slide away, along with a check-cashing shop beneath it. The witness described clothes and a microwave oven being thrown into the dust-filled air and said people screamed.
City Investigates Excavation
The disaster prompted a city investigation into excavation work next door, at 2625 Bedford Avenue. Officials began examining the construction site as the rescue operation concluded. The collapse shook the heavily immigrant neighborhood, where residents faced the consequences of the deadly building failure.
Key points
- Eight people died and 18 were injured in the Brooklyn building collapse.
- Officials ended rescue efforts Thursday after determining there were no more victims.
- The building fell into a neighboring construction site in Flatbush.
- City investigators began looking into excavation at 2625 Bedford Avenue.