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Casualties continue to rise after Brooklyn building collapses November 12, 20261:15 PM ET

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A view of the site where a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption

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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.