Brooklyn building collapse kills 8, injures at least 17

The toll: Eight people have died, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Thursday morning. ABC7 New York, citing the FDNY, said six were found dead at the scene and two died at the hospital, and that four of the victims found Thursday are believed to be construction workers. The mayor put the number of injured at least 17, including three firefighters. Spectrum News NY1 reported the FDNY's 8 a.m. ET tally as 27 patients: eight pronounced dead, four in critical condition, five with serious injuries and 10 with minor injuries. The Washington Post also attributed a count of 19 injured to the FDNY. ABC7 said seven children were among those treated. None of the dead had been identified Thursday morning.

The response: More than 250 fire and EMS personnel worked through the night with drones, search dogs and vacuum trucks, Fox News and the New York Post reported. Mayor Mamdani said the 911 call came in at 4:01 p.m. and firefighters arrived within a minute. Aerial video showed a survivor carried out on a stretcher, the BBC reported. A city official told ABC7 that all reported missing victims had been located and removed from the rubble, and that crews were shifting to a "grapple operation" to search debris in the street. Rescue work was still underway Thursday morning.

Timeline at the construction site, per city records reported by Fox News: In March, the Department of Buildings issued a stop-work order at 2625 Bedford Ave. after finding the old building there was torn down without enough protection for neighbors, including 1321 Flatbush. About a month later, inspectors found demolition had continued, and the contractor was fined $10,000. The order was lifted in May after the developers came into compliance. All work there was halted again after Wednesday's collapse.

What remains unknown: The cause, which the Department of Buildings is investigating, and the names of the victims. A city official told ABC7 that all reported missing people had been located, but crews were still searching debris. Inspectors are also checking nearby buildings, ABC7 reported.

Death and injury counts come from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the FDNY as of Thursday morning, Nov. 12. The mayor said eight people had died and at least 17 were injured, including three firefighters. Spectrum News NY1 and The Washington Post reported the FDNY's count as eight dead and 19 injured; NY1 said the department's 8 a.m. ET tally was 27 patients (eight dead, four critical, five serious, 10 minor). ABC7 New York, also citing the FDNY, reported 17 injured, two critically. None of the dead had been identified. The stop-work history is from city Department of Buildings records as reported by Fox News; no official has said it is connected to the collapse. The hero photo shows an FDNY collapse rescue truck (file photo, 2012), not the scene of this collapse.