Eight people died, including two children, when part of a three-storey building fell down in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York City, on Wednesday, 11 November. Eighteen other people were injured. The building collapsed into a hole next to a construction site, and rescue teams searched the broken parts of the building before officials ended their work.

The main reason for the collapse is not known, but the building was next to an active construction site where workers were digging and building new foundations. City officials said there had been a stop-work order earlier in the year because the builders were not protecting nearby buildings well enough, but this order had been lifted after problems were fixed.

Because of the collapse, eight people lost their lives and many families are now grieving. The city government has stopped all work at the construction site while experts investigate why the building fell. Some people living near the site had to leave their homes until checks are finished.