Brooklyn building collapse: At least 8 dead, rescue efforts ongoing

Sadly, the death toll has been rising all morning after a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn with the latest number of deaths now being reported at eight and at least 17 others hurt. About 250 firefighters and rescue dogs worked overnight to dig through the pile of brick and wood. So we do have a Fox reporter, Peter Cudahy. He is actually live there on the ground. Peter, they've been using pickaxes and buckets to get through the rubble. But the hardest part is that they don't know how many people they're looking for here. Yeah, good morning, Denise Lena. It's a search rescue that is continuing this morning. And as you can hear it behind me, they're digging through the rubble this morning as well. I think one of the hardest parts of this was that it happened so close to getting dark out. So the search became very difficult as there was very little light. But Mayor Zoran Mandani, he said, That he really credits the FDNY's quick response. They arrived here a minute after the first 911 call and went straight into that search and rescue mission. Now, as you mentioned, there's eight people who have died, 17 others injured, including seven children. And of those 17 injured, five have life-threatening injuries. But again, he says it's a testament to their fast response that this wasn't worse. What can you tell us about the building? We know it was sitting right next to a lot where another structure had been torn down for construction. So what are officials or neighbors saying about what may have caused it to collapse? Yeah, so we don't know the cause as of yet, but the building that did collapse on the street level, it was a store. It was a three-story building, and above the first story, it was apartments. Now, next door, as you mentioned, there was a construction site, and it was doing some excavation at the time yesterday. And this site, it has had multiple violations in the past. So right now, the Department of Buildings is investigating both the building that collapsed and then also that construction. There was a construction site that was next door as well to try and figure out what exactly caused this. But as of right now, it's really too early to tell. So Peter, how are they gonna know when to stop searching if they don't know how many people are missing or how many people may be in the rubble? How do they know when to stop because they haven't stopped since the collapse? So what city officials say right now is that there is nobody reported missing. However, last night from talking to the fire chief of the FDNY, he said that they're not gonna stop for at least three or four days. They wanna make sure that they comb through the debris, which as they're doing right now, they're removing debris, they're breaking things down, they're trying to get to lower levels. All with the goal of making sure that there is no stone left unturned and that they know that there is nobody left under there. But again, right now officials are saying there are no reported people missing. However, they're not gonna stop that search today. It could go on for a couple more days. It's just awful. Again, Peter Cudahy reporting there in Brooklyn this morning. Thanks so much for the update. Thank you.