One dead and multiple injured and trapped under rubble after three story building collapses in Brooklyn
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A building collapse in Brooklyn has left at least one person dead and multiple injured and trapped under rubble, according to officials.
The three-story residential structure crumbled into an open construction site around 4pm on Wednesday on Bedford Avenue in Flatbush.
Multiple people were left stuck under the rubble, including workers who were on site when the building came crashing down, the FDNY said.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene and six others were taken to the hospital in critical condition, FDNY told NBC 4.
At least six others were injured, including one individual who was still trapped under the debris and communicating with first responders.
He was removed on a stretcher at around 4.45pm before two others trapped under the rubble were pulled out just after 6.30pm, according to the outlet.
Video from the scene showed firefighters lifting victims from the debris and onto stretchers.
Other images showed clothes hanging in rooms that were exposed from the collapse.
The structure started to crumble around 4pm on Wednesday on Bedford Avenue in Flatbush
Victims were pulled from the rubble and wheeled away in stretchers at the scene
An NYPD spokesperson told the Daily Mail that five people have been removed from the rubble and taken to Kings County Hospital
An NYPD spokesperson told the Daily Mail this afternoon that at least five people were removed from the rubble and taken to Kings County Hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
The agency said the building appears to be residential. They have advised people to avoid the area and expect street closures and traffic delays.
It is unclear how many people were in the building at the time of the collapse and what caused it to tumble.
The New York City Department of Buildings said inspectors are at the scene 'assisting with recovery operations and conducting structural stability inspections of nearby buildings.'
The building that collapsed was perched on the edge of a lot where another one-story building had been torn down for a construction project, AP reported.
Before the incident, the site was being excavated, and the building that fell filled the construction site with wood and bricks, per the report.
A separate building that shared a wall with the one that fell remained standing, but some of its walls were torn off, exposing the inside.
A construction worker embraces a child at the scene of a partial building collapse
Operations to rescue people are currently underway, with several FDNY units at the scene
A person is wheeled away on a stretcher after the building collapsed
Firefighters respond to the scene of a building collapse in the Flatbush neighborhood
The New York City Department of Buildings said inspectors are at the scene 'assisting with recovery operations and conducting structural stability inspections of nearby buildings'
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