Brooklyn building collapse: At least 8 dead, 17 hurt

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709 right now. First responders remain on the scene
of a deadly building collapse happening in Brooklyn, New York.
Yeah, they've been on the scene all night into the morning trying
to find survivors. Chino Har has been following it along
as we learn more as the morning goes on. Just devastating.
Yeah, just devastating, and we've
been getting developments all morning.
Right now, we know at least eight people have been found dead,
and 17 others have been pulled
out alive.
But firefighters, they warn it could take days
to reach those still trapped underneath
the rubble.
So right now, 710 taking a live look in Brooklyn,
New York, at that scene there.
You see a fire truck on scene.
We know several firefighters
are still out there working through some of that rubble.
And you see they're right behind the truck where the building used to stand
This is in the Flatbush area, neighborhood of Brooklyn,
a mixed-use building at the edge of a construction site.
It collapsed last night, causing all of this.
And so this is what the scene looked like overnight.
Officials right now are using pickaxes,
power saws to make holes through the ruins and pull people out.
They do have search dogs on scene right now to help out.
Mayor Zoran Mamdani says about 250 firefighters are on the scene.
A very unstable situation,
an adjoining building that remains partially intact is always a
danger, where main concern is a secondary collapse.
Collapse operations are extremely dangerous because,
as you know, disrupting the piles by moving
Now, overnight, the crews out there did see
at least one survivor being pulled out.
It's still, again, right now,
unclear how many people are still missing.
Again, we do know at least 17 people have
been pulled out of that rubble alive.
And so, right now, no word on what caused this collapse.
But the building collapsed into an excavation pit
from another building that was recently demolished.
One witness describes hearing loud cracking sounds from the street.
Search and rescue efforts are expected
to continue for the next few days
and we'll continue to follow this this
morning and bring you updates, guys.
Yeah, all right, Chino, thanks for the update.
