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People trapped in wreckage as New York building collapse kills two

Two people have died and others have been injured after a building collapsed in Brooklyn.

The building that collapsed was next to another building that had been torn down for construction.

Firefighters are digging through the rubble of a three-storey building in New York after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least two people and trapping others beneath the wreckage.

Firefighters were called to the scene in Flatbush, Brooklyn at about 4pm Wednesday, local time. 

News helicopter footage showed dozens of firefighters scouring the debris, with a group homing in on one area and appearing to use a saw to cut through the wreckage.

New York apartment block collapses, killing at least two people

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New York: A three-storey building has collapsed in Brooklyn, killing at least two people and leaving more than 10 others in hospital, New York City officials said, as rescuers searched the rubble for additional victims.

The four-unit apartment building, dating from 1930, collapsed and tumbled into an adjoining construction site where excavation work was under way. The cause of the collapse was under investigation, said John Esposito, the city’s fire department chief.

Officials said the number of people at home when the building in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn collapsed about 4pm on Wednesday (8am Thursday AEDT) was not immediately known. They did not say how many workers were on the construction site at the time of the collapse.

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