Investigators probe construction site near deadly Brooklyn building collapse

Developing this morning, the death toll now stands at eight people in that building collapse in Flatbush, Brooklyn. First responders still searching for more victims. Well, that building that fell collapsed into a construction pit. Investigators are now going to be looking at whether removing dirt from that site caused that collapse. Frances Wang, what do we know about this situation? Well, Dan and Rosanna, we're actually learning new details this morning about the construction site that, as you mentioned, was next to the building that collapsed. In Flatbush, killing at least eight people so far. The Department of Buildings now revealing why it ordered work to stop at that site months ago and that workers actually violated the order. Take a look. This is what the corner looked like before the collapse. You see there the three-story building with the red awning. It stood right next to a construction site. And this is what that same corner looked like after the building collapsed. A side-by-side look at the stark contrast. The Department of Buildings did issue a stop work order in March for Entech Design of America. As of this morning, we haven't heard back from them just yet. We've learned that the stop order was issued back in March after inspectors found demolition was happening without adequate overhead protection for the neighboring properties. Now, another violation was issued a month later because when inspectors returned, they found the demolition resumed despite that order. It was eventually lifted in May after the team corrected the problems and paid a $10,000 penalty. Here's what the DOB commissioner said about the work that was actually underway when the collapse happened. The type of work they were the type of work they were conducting was excavation work on that job site and so that was what they were working on today. They are they have a plan approved for a three-story building but they are they have current plans looking for a nine-story building which has not yet been approved for. At this point all we have at this time is excavation work In that section of the construction. As you see in these renderings, the developer ultimately envisioned a nine-story mixed-use building here with a grocery store on the ground floor and residential units above. City filings called for excavation deeper than 12 feet. The DOB says plans for a three-story building had been approved, but the larger proposal had not. While the construction site had previous violations, officials haven't established a link or whether those violations or the excavation work played any role in this collapse. DOB says the site did have active permits. The department has now issued a new full stop work order and is inspecting those neighboring buildings for structural stability. The cause of this collapse remains under investigation as those search efforts continue. Dan Rosanna. All right. Thank you very much, Francis.