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A heart-wrenching accident has come to light in Brooklyn, the main borough of New York City, America, where a three-storey residential building suddenly collapsed like a house of cards. In this horrific accident, a total of 8 people, including two innocent children, have died tragically, while 18 other people have been seriously injured. According to the local time, in the early morning, when most of the families living in the building were in deep sleep, with the sound of a loud bang, the entire building turned into a pile of debris. As soon as information about the accident was received, dozens of vehicles from the New York Fire Department (FDNY), New York Police Department (NYPD) and emergency medical services reached the spot and the entire area was cordoned off and sealed.
Immediately after the building collapsed, local residents and passers-by heard screams and started trying to pull people out of the debris, after which FDNY Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) teams took over within minutes. The help of thermal imaging cameras, state-of-the-art sensor equipment and specially trained sniffer dogs (K-9 Units) are being used to locate people buried between heavy concrete slabs, bricks and iron rods. Rescue workers have so far pulled out 18 injured people alive from under the debris, who have been immediately admitted to nearby trauma centers and hospitals. According to the hospital administration, the condition of some of the injured remains very critical, due to which the possibility of the death toll increasing cannot be ruled out.
According to eyewitnesses, a loud explosion-like sound was heard just before the building collapsed and the window panes of nearby houses were shaken. After this statement, the Department of Buildings (DOB) and utility agencies of New York City have started investigation primarily keeping in mind the possibility of gas leak or boiler explosion. Along with this, it is also being investigated whether any unauthorized construction or repair work was going on in this old building in recent times, which may have weakened the foundation of the building. As a precautionary measure, the administration has also evacuated two adjacent buildings in the vicinity to avoid any possible structural threat.
The New York City Mayor’s Office and the local administration have expressed deep sorrow over this tragic accident and have assured all possible help to the victim’s families. A temporary relief and assistance center has been set up in a nearby community center by the Red Cross (American Red Cross) and the city administration, where arrangements for stay, food and medical treatment have been made for the homeless families. The administration has appealed to the nearby citizens to stay away from the road where the incident occurred so that there is no hindrance in the work of emergency vehicles and rescue teams. At present, the work of removing the debris is going on at the spot and to ensure that no one else is buried under the debris.