Casualties continue to rise after Brooklyn building collapses

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

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.

Search efforts are continuing with more than 250 firefighters and emergency workers deployed to the site, according to city officials.

First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. Ryan Murphy/AP hide caption

First responders navigate a collapsed building in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A construction worker embraces a child at the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

Onlookers watch as emergency personnel respond to the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference after a building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams consoles a man after his pregnant wife was rescued from the rubble at the scene of a partial building collapse on Wednesday. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

Members of the New York City Fire Department work at the scene one day after a building collapsed in Brooklyn. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A resident from a building watches as cleanup begins at the scene of a partial building collapse on Thursday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

A drone flies over the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption

An excavator cleans up debris at the scene of a partial building collapse on Thursday in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

Members of the New York City Fire Department walk on the roof of a building next to the one that collapsed on Wednesday in Brooklyn. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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