NYC building collapse: Timeline of deadly disaster as rescuers race to pull survivors from rubble
A three-story building in New York City collapsed into a construction site Wednesday afternoon, leaving at least eight people dead and triggering a massive rescue operation that is ongoing.A timeline of the disaster shows how the building collapse unfolded in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, from the first 911 call and subsequent frantic search for survivors to a mounting death toll. The collapse raised questions about previous construction violations at a nearby worksite.NYC BUILDING COLLAPSE: EIGHT BODIES RECOVERED AS FIRST RESPONDERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORSFirst responders respond to a collapsed building in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Nov.11, 2026.
(kena betancur/AFP via Getty Images)The New York Police Department said the first 911 call on the building collapse at 1321 Flatbush Ave.came in at 4:01 p.m.
The property, a three-story mixed-use building, collapsed into an excavation pit at a neighboring construction site.The collapse also tore away a wall of 1323 Flatbush Ave., leaving apartments and stairwells exposed.Firefighters with the New York City Fire Department reached the scene within a minute after the building collapsed, as there were already some in the area.
The building contained a store at street level and apartments above it.Notify NYC issued a warning for heavy emergency personnel activity, traffic delay and road closures in the area.First responders work the scene after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, Wednesday, Nov.11, 2026.
(AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)Several news outlets report that people are trapped underneath the building collapse, adding that the FDNY has launched a major rescue operation.A CBS New York camera captured firefighters talking with a dust-covered woman after breaking through a collapsed wall.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE FOX TRUE CRIME HUBFirst responders work the scene after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, Wednesday, Nov.11, 2026.
(AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)After firefighters got a woman into an ambulance, a man who ha...