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At least one person dies after Brooklyn building collapse

A three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring at least 12 others as emergency crews searched the rubble.

FTMQ News, written by our newsroom12 November 2026 at 01:101 view

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Picture: UPI

A three-story building in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. UPI reported that the collapse killed at least one person and injured at least 12 others. UPI noted that officials reported several people were killed, including at least one child. [1]

The incident occurred on Bedford Avenue when the structure collapsed into an adjacent construction and excavation site, according to News 12 Brooklyn as cited by UPI. News 12 Brooklyn reported that at least 10 people were taken to the hospital following the incident. [1]

Members of the New York City Fire Department operated at the scene of the technical rescue on Wednesday evening. Citing CNN, UPI reported that police officials did not have a full account of how many people remained trapped as of 8 p.m. Eastern Time. [1]

Brooklyn was established in 1646 as a Dutch settlement named Breuckelen on Long Island. The area was named after a town in the Netherlands, derived from a word meaning broken land or marshy terrain. [3]

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In short

A three-story building collapsed in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.
At least one person died and at least 12 people were injured in the collapse.
The building on Bedford Avenue collapsed into an adjacent construction and excavation site.
Emergency crews worked at the scene while police lacked a full count of trapped victims as of 8 p.m.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

[1]At least one dead in Brooklyn building collapse, multiple people injuredUPI, 18h ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

[2]Collapse of the World Trade Center on Wikipedia
[3]Brooklyn on Grokipedia
[4]At least 10 dead after trains collide in central Spain FTMQ News, 15d ago
[5]Two people die after seven storey building collapses in Istanbul FTMQ News, 35d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

Seven dead and up to 125 injured after Egyptian train collisionTop Stories, 3d ago
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School roof collapses in Peshawar killing twenty eight peopleTop Stories, 28d ago
French president condemns deadly drive by shooting near ParisTop Stories, 19d ago
Two people die after seven storey building collapses in IstanbulTop Stories, 35d ago

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