00:03At least eight are dead after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, 19 more injured,
00:07including several children. Around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the side of a three-story apartment
00:12building suddenly collapsed into an adjacent construction site. 250 firefighters and EMS
00:18personnel responded and have worked tirelessly to secure the scene and rescue those who were
00:23trapped. A source told The Post that as of Thursday morning, all of the building residents
00:27have been accounted for. One resident tried to rush into the rubble himself to search for his
00:32pregnant wife. Miraculously, two hours after the collapse, she was recovered alive.
00:42The Post discovered that a few months back, city inspectors found violations in the construction
00:47site next to the collapsed building. In fact, a stop work order was issued in March due to
00:51inadequate overhead protection, like netting to shield neighboring buildings. By April,
00:55demolition work was back up and running in violation of the order. After two fines,
00:59the building was allowed to resume in May. Now, the LLC that owns the space had plans to construct
01:04a 56,000 square foot mixed-use building. An investigation into what caused the deadly
01:08collapse has been launched, and authorities have warned that it will likely be a while
01:11to figure out exactly what went wrong.
