Firefighters in Brooklyn use ladder trucks and cranes at a partially collapsed, debris-strewn building at night
Emergency personnel work at the scene of the building collapse on 11 November 2026. Photograph: Angelina Katsanis/Reuters
Emergency personnel work at the scene of the building collapse on 11 November 2026. Photograph: Angelina Katsanis/Reuters
Brooklyn building collapse kills at least one and traps others in wreckage

Three-story building was at the edge of a construction site where another edifice had been demolished

Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least one person and trapping others beneath the wreckage.