A building has collapsed in Brooklyn, leaving at least four people trapped under rubble, according to officials.
The three-story residential structure crumbled into an open construction site around 4pm on Wednesday on Bedford Avenue in Flatbush.
Multiple people were left stuck under the rubble, including workers who were on site when the building came crashing down, the FDNY said.
Several others have been injured.
Operations to rescue people are currently underway, with several FDNY units at the scene.
Video from the scene showed firefighters lifting victims from the debris and onto stretchers.
An NYPD spokesperson told the Daily Mail that five people have been removed from the rubble and taken to Kings County Hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
The agency said the building appears to be residential. They have advised people to avoid the area and expect street closures and traffic delays.
The structure started to crumble around 4pm on Wednesday on Bedford Avenue in Flatbush
Operations to rescue people are currently underway, with several FDNY units at the scene
Victims were pulled from the rubble and wheeled away in stretchers at the scene
An NYPD spokesperson told the Daily Mail that five people have been removed from the rubble and taken to Kings County Hospital
It is unclear how many people were in the building at the time of the collapse and what caused it to tumble.
The New York City Department of Buildings said inspectors are at the scene ‘assisting with recovery operations and conducting structural stability inspections of nearby buildings.’
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