Eight dead and 17 injured after a Brooklyn apartment building collapses into a neighbouring construction site, officials say. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Two people were killed and several others were injured after a three-storey building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said.

Two people were killed and several others were injured after a three-storey apartment building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said.

Drone footage from local television station WABC showed a stove, a toilet and a door amid debris that had fallen into a pit at an adjacent construction site.

A three-story building partially collapsed in Flatbush, Brooklyn, on Wednesday afternoon, leaving one person dead and multiple others injured and triggering an emergency response involving dozens of firefighters and emergency medical personnel.

At least seven children were among those injured after an apartment building in New York City collapsed Wednesday into a construction site.

Emergency crews are on the scene after a building collapsed in Brooklyn. Search-and-rescue operations are underway, and the surrounding area has been evacuated.

At least seven children were among those injured after an apartment building in New York City collapsed Wednesday into a construction site.