At least two people have died and more than 10 have been sent to the hospital after the collapse of a three-story building in Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday.

Local authorities announce that the building, located near a construction site in the town of Flatbush, collapsed about 4: 00 p.m. local times. Rescue teams are continuing their search into ruins, as there are suspected to be other people trapped.

The head of the New York Fire Department, John Esposito, said it was about a four-entity residential building built in 1930 that collapsed and ended up at the adjacent site, where digging was taking place. The cause of the collapse is being investigated, Reuters reports.

It is not yet known how many people were inside the building at the time of the collapse, while the authorities have not even revealed the number of workers in the site.

A team of fire fighters in the neighborhood arrived at the scene within a minute and helped to remove the first victims from the ruins.

New York Mayor Zohann Mamdani confirmed that two people have died, while more than 10 others have been sent to local hospitals with various injuries, some in critical condition.

Fire Department Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said a total of 19 people affected by the event, including seven children, had been identified so far. She did not disclose whether the two dead persons were children or adults. According to her, even a fireman has suffered minor injuries.

Television footage from the site of the event showed rescue teams, assisted by researching dogs, controlling the ruins and leaving debris with buckets, trying to find people who might have been trapped.

Television W ABC-TV reported that at least four survivors were removed from the ruins about two to two and a half hours after the collapse, including a pregnant woman.

Esposito warned that rescue teams will be taken several days to control the entire area and identify the remaining ones.

And we don’t know how many people are missing, he said.

The Fire Department had initially reported four seriously injured persons and six others with minor injuries before the first two survivors were removed from the ruins.

Source Layer: Dukeagini