At least five people have died and at least 17 others were hurt — including seven children — when a building collapsed Wednesday at the edge of a construction site in New York City, officials said, sparking a frantic search by firefighters combing through large piles of rubble.
\n\nThe four-unit apartment building dating from 1930 collapsed around 4 p.m. near the intersection of Bedford and Flatbush avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, the Fire Department of New York said. It was not known what caused or led up to it.
\n\nThe FDNY said early Thursday five people were removed dead from the rubble, giving no further detail.
\n\nAerial video showed dozens of firefighters scouring for others, at least two of whom were trapped in the wreckage. A senior city official later said those two were in the process of being freed just before 5 p.m.
\n\nFour of the injured were in a critical condition, FDNY officials said at a news conference Wednesday night. Seven children and a firefighter were among the injured, according to the FDNY.
\n\nThe fire department noted that the number of victims could increase, since it was not known how many people were in the building…
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