Rubble and brick buildings with fire department workers on scene
New York City’s fire department and first responders search for victims in the rubble on 12 November 2026, a day after a building collapsed in Brooklyn. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images
New York City’s fire department and first responders search for victims in the rubble on 12 November 2026, a day after a building collapsed in Brooklyn. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images
Brooklyn building collapse kills at least 8 and injures 17 as search continues

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says crews are working through ‘extremely dangerous conditions’ to find anyone trapped