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Casualties continue to rise after Brooklyn building collapses

NPR | By NPR Staff
Published November 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM EST
A view of the site where a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday.
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A view of the site where a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday.

The New York City Fire Department reported Thursday that more victims had been found after a three-story residential building in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn collapsed a day earlier.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said six people had been declared dead at the scene. Two others died in a hospital. 18 other people were injured in the building collapse.

Search efforts are continuing with more than 250 firefighters and emergency workers deployed to the site, according to city officials.

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First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday.
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First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday.
First responders navigate a collapsed building in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday.
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First responders navigate a collapsed building in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday.
A construction worker embraces a child at the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday.
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A construction worker embraces a child at the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday.
Onlookers watch as emergency personnel respond to the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
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Onlookers watch as emergency personnel respond to the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference after a building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference after a building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday.
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams consoles a man after his pregnant wife was rescued from the rubble at the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday.
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New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams consoles a man after his pregnant wife was rescued from the rubble at the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday.
Members of the New York City Fire Department work at the scene one day after a building collapsed in Brooklyn.
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Members of the New York City Fire Department work at the scene one day after a building collapsed in Brooklyn.
A resident from a building watches as cleanup begins at the scene of a partial building collapse on Thursday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
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A resident from a building watches as cleanup begins at the scene of a partial building collapse on Thursday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
A drone flies over the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday.
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A drone flies over the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday.
An excavator cleans up debris at the scene of a partial building collapse on Thursday in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
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An excavator cleans up debris at the scene of a partial building collapse on Thursday in Flatbush, Brooklyn.
Members of the New York City Fire Department walk on the roof of a building next to the one that collapsed on Wednesday in Brooklyn.
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Members of the New York City Fire Department walk on the roof of a building next to the one that collapsed on Wednesday in Brooklyn.
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