Brooklyn building collapse death toll climbs to 5 as crews search rubble

Our top story, we've been following this since it happened yesterday. We're following that scene in Brooklyn where a building collapsed, killing at least five people, that death toll climbing within the last two hours, injuring several more. Now, this morning, crews are still digging through the rubble, searching for survivors, desperately searching. Let's get right to Good Day's Jessica Formoso. She is live at the scene. She's been there all morning. Jessica, what can you tell us as this death toll continues to climb? Tashani, well, since we last spoke 30 minutes ago, another body was pulled out of the rubble and brought out here to that command post where the medical examiner is in that truck waiting. Let me step out of the way so you guys can take a live look here that this is still a very active scene. The fire department on scene here, they are being very methodical with their rescue. They're using all the resources that they have to try to find life. Unfortunately, not good news to share because that death toll continues to climb. We are now at at least five people are confirmed dead and officials say at least 17 people have been injured in this tragedy, including seven children. Four people are in critical condition. Twelve are unstable and a firefighter suffered minor injuries. Officials say they still don't know How many people may be trapped beneath the wreckage? This all unfolded at 4 in the afternoon yesterday. A three-story building came crashing down into a construction site next door near Flatbush and Bedford Avenues. Another building that shared a wall with the collapsed structure partially collapsed as well, exposing, as you see there, the rooms inside, including a bedroom and closets filled with clothing. The first firefighters arrived within a minute. One fire crew happened to be returning from another emergency and immediately began pulling people to safety. More than 250 firefighters and EMS personnel responding to the scene. Firefighters pulling survivors from beneath the pile of rubble as the night went on. Rescue dogs are helping search for anyone who may still be trapped with crews concerned about the possibility of a second collapse. We do not know how many people are still in the collapse zone. And this will be a prolonged operation. Collapse operations are extremely dangerous, because as you know, the risk of disrupting the piles by moving too quickly. That can have a detrimental consequence. Every move is choreographed and critically important to patient outcomes and member safety. We're using our dogs, the FDNY dogs and the NYPD dogs, to see if there's any additional places to search. If they identify that, we will search those areas and then we will commence our selected debris removal as we remove all of that pile to get down to the dirt and search and remove any additional victims. There are now questions about the construction work happening at the time of the collapse. Officials confirmed crews were excavating, digging down into the ground. Developers of this worksite had approval for a three-story building, but were seeking approval for a nine-story mixed-use project with a grocery store on the first floor and residential housing above it. Those nine story plans had not had not been approved. Now this morning I spoke with a family who is desperately looking for their two cousins as bodies are being pulled out. They are losing hope. Take a listen. What they are right now. Were at any point yesterday, were you able to hear their voices? Did they pick up the phone? Yeah, they were texting and everything. But right now, we don't know. We don't know. We went to all the hospitals and we don't know. That family spent the night out here waiting for answers. They are sitting on the floor right now looking at all of this behind me here in desperation, clinging to one another. And Tashani, every time another body comes out, they lose it. They lose it. Back to you inside. Jessica, thank you.