NEW YORK - A three-storey apartment building collapsed on Wednesday afternoon near a construction site on Flatbush Ave in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and New York City officials have confirmed at least eight casualties, six adults and two children, The Guardian reported.
According to The Guardian, people at the scene stood still and in shock after the collapse. Prudence Foster was quoted as saying, “The last time I saw something like this was when I went to work at 9/11.”
BBC News reported that a residential building fell into an adjacent construction site on Wednesday and that two construction workers and two children were killed. Its headline refers to eight people killed, while its summary names only the four dead listed above.
ABC News reported, citing authorities, that two children, ages 9 and 10, were among those killed. Its summary does not state a total.
The sources differ on the number of people killed. The Guardian and BBC News describe the count differently, and the material reviewed does not explain whether the difference reflects a later count, injuries, or other categories of casualties.
The Guardian’s headline asks, “Who will be held accountable?” The summaries reviewed do not report an official cause of the collapse or any findings from an investigation.
Sources: BBC News: What we know about Brooklyn building collapse that killed eight people; The Guardian: ‘Who will be held accountable?’: fatal Brooklyn building collapse devastates community; ABC News: What we know about victims of deadly Brooklyn building collapse.