'How does a building just fall?': Neighbours grieve after deadly Brooklyn building collapse

BBC News Thursday 12 November 2026, 18:36 UTC 1 min read

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The accident rattled the usually calm immigrant neighbourhood of Flatbush, New York. At least eight residents, including two children, died in the rubble.

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