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

Rescue crews continued to search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Brooklyn, New York, at first light on Thursday as the death toll rose to eight.

Authorities in New York City said at least 17 people were hurt when the three-story residential building on the edge of a construction site in the borough’s Flatbush section collapsed at about 4pm on Wednesday.