1 Dead, People Trapped After Partial Building Collapse in Brooklyn

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Multiple people were pinned in the wreckage after part of a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, triggering a major rescue operation. The collapse…

One person was killed, and several others were injured after part of a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, according to officials cited by WABC. One person remained trapped in the rubble.

The collapse occurred shortly after 4 p.m. near the intersection of Bedford and Flatbush Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood, according to the New York City Fire Department (FDNY).

The FDNY initially reported four injuries, CBS New York reported. WABC subsequently reported that one person had died. Details about the person who died were not immediately available.

Rescuers had removed two people from the rubble shortly after the collapse, according to NBC New York. A senior city official later told the station that two others who had been missing were in the process of being extricated.

Video from NBC New York's Chopper 4 showed firefighters pulling an injured man from the rubble at around 4:45 p.m. He was taken from the scene on a stretcher. The condition of those pulled from the debris was not immediately clear.

Dozens of firefighters worked at the scene as crews sifted through a large pile of debris. The FDNY described its response as a major technical rescue operation.

Video from the scene showed part of the building ripped open, exposing rooms inside. NBC New York reported that the three-story building appeared to have a business on the ground floor and stood next to a construction site where a one-story building had previously been demolished.

The collapse was near Bedford and Flatbush avenues, and the cause was not immediately known.

The FDNY received the call at approximately 4:01 p.m., and a search-and-rescue effort remained underway Wednesday afternoon.

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