New York building collapse kills at least two, officials say

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At least two people have died and more than 17 others are injured after a building in New York City collapsed into an open construction site, officials have said.

It sparked a massive search-and-rescue operation, with more than 250 first responders at the scene in Brooklyn, trying to find survivors who may have been trapped under the rubble of the three-storey building.