Rescue teams search the rubble at the site of a fatal building collapse in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (EPA Images pic)NEW YORK: New York City's fire department reported Thursday that more victims had been found after a three-story residential building collapsed, raising the death toll to at least eight, with 19 injured.
The building collapse on Wednesday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn prompted a massive emergency response from approximately 250 firefighters and rescue workers.
Four people were transported to hospital in critical condition, the fire department said.
Firefighters continued to work in a large pit of rubble, next to what appeared to be another residential property with its walls torn down, exposing a bedroom and a clothing wardrobe.
