A three-story building in Brooklyn partially collapsed into a hole at an adjacent construction site Wednesday, leaving at least one person dead and several others injured.
The building collapsed just after 4 p.m. New York City Fire Department officials said that one person is dead and that multiple workers at the construction site were injured, and that they are in contact with another person trapped in the rubble, according to WABC-TV.
“Everything went down, and everybody was screaming. The whole building started shaking, and then it just fell,” witness Melissa Orna, who was dropping her daughter off at a nearby salon when the building collapsed, told the New York Times.
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Fire officials did not specify whether others are still trapped as well.
A picture of the building posted on social media by fire officials shows a cross-section of the inside of the building, including a bedroom, a staircase and multiple closets.
The New York City Department of Buildings has also responded to the scene. The department said on social media that they are helping with recovery efforts and evaluating the structural stability of nearby buildings.
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