A three-story residential building in Brooklyn, New York collapsed, killing at least eight people and injuring more than a dozen others. The building fell onto an adjacent excavation site that had previously received a stop-work order.
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Rescuers worked through the night, searching the site in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn where the three-story building collapsed on Wednesday.
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The death toll from a residential building collapse in New York rose to at least eight on Thursday, the city's fire department said, after more bodies were recovered from the rubble.
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I smelled the smoke from the fumes, and I was watching bricks fall. But to see, like two minutes later, to see the building collapse and fall, it was just devastating
There were people trying to get out... I saw somebody on the side of the staircase, and I'll be honest with you, I didn't even really want to think about that.
When I was walking by, I started seeing dust all of a sudden, and I was like, what is going on? When I turned my back, I saw the whole building collapse.
My stomach hurts. I can't imagine you were just in your kitchen doing something
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A massive emergency response was launched, with about 250 firefighters and rescue workers, and search dogs, on site.
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However, work continued, resulting in a $10,000 fine for the company involved.
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According to documents from the city's building department reviewed by AFP, the construction site had been issued a stop-work order in April due to potentially dangerous demolition conditions.
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