BROOKLYN BUILDING COLLAPSE: Two dead, at least 19 injured as apartment house crumbles, rescue operations ongoing

Two people are dead, and at least 19 others were injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to a complete building collapse near the corner of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues in Flatbush shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 11, where several construction workers were trapped beneath the debris. EMS units pronounced one person dead at the scene; Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday evening that a second person had died from their injuries. Officials said two others were in critical condition, and a search for others trapped remains ongoing. "The Department of Buildings and our law enforcement partners will be leading an investigation into what caused this building to collapse," Mamdani told reporters at a Wednesday evening press conference steps away from the ongoing rescue operation.

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