{
  "id": 19567245,
  "title": "Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 1 and traps people in wreckage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/firefighters-dig-through-rubble-after-nyc-building-collapse-kills-1",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261112/firefighters-dig-through-rubble-after-nyc-building-collapse-kills-1-and-traps-people-in-wreckage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NEW YORK — Wednesday afternoon, a three-story building in Brooklyn's Flatbush section collapsed, resulting in one fatality and four individuals suffering critical injuries. The fire department dispatched firefighters to the scene around 4 p.m. to assist in the rescue efforts. Footage captured by a news helicopter depicted firefighters painstakingly sifting through the debris, employing a saw to dislodge sections of the wreckage. At least one person was extricated from the rubble and transported to a hospital on a stretcher. Six additional individuals were hospitalized, with some of them in critical condition. Six additional individuals were hospitalized with minor injuries. The structure had been situated at the periphery of an excavation site where a one-story building had recently been demolished for a construction project. As the collapsed building filled the pit with debris, the remaining structure shared a wall with another building.",
  "summary": "NEW YORK — Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least one person and trapping others beneath the wreckage. Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough's Flatbush section around 4 p.m. News helicopter footage showed dozens of firefighters scouring the debris, with a group…",
  "key_points": [
    "Three-story building collapses in Brooklyn's Flatbush section.",
    "One fatality, four critical injuries reported.",
    "Firefighters work to extract survivors from rubble."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "NYC building collapse: People feared trapped after three-storey structure partially collapses in Brooklyn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/nyc-building-collapse-people-feared-trapped-after-three-storey",
        "published": "2026-11-11T21:25:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Rescue operations underway after building collapses in Brooklyn, New York: FDNY",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/rescue-operations-underway-after-building-collapses-in-brooklyn-new",
        "published": "2026-11-11T21:47:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "New York City building collapse traps people in rubble",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/new-york-city-building-collapse-traps-people-in-rubble",
        "published": "2026-11-11T22:00:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}