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Eight killed, including two children, in New York building collapse

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Lead development · 11/12/2026, 10:58:23 PM UTC

Eight killed, including two children, in New York building collapse

Eight people, including two children, were killed when a residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Firefighters spent hours searching the rubble overnight before declaring the operation over on Thursday, as authorities launched an investigation into the disaster.