The number of victims of the collapse of a residential building in new York has reached eight

Rescue operation at the site of the collapse of a three-storey apartment building in Brooklyn continues. Specialists are using heavy equipment to search for possible survivors under the rubble, New York Fire Department Commissioner Lillian Bonsignor said.

According to the head of the department, the work remains at the search and rescue stage. The specialists do not plan to proceed to the restoration of the destroyed building until they complete the inspection of the territory.

To analyze the rubble, rescuers lift large fragments of structures using special equipment. This allows you to examine areas that may pose a danger, and check whether there are people left under the rubble.

A three-storey apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn on the night of November 12 Moscow time. The call to the fire service came at 16:01 local time on November 11. According to the latest data, at least eight people were killed, another 17 were injured.

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