The death toll from the New York City apartment building collapse has risen to eight

A rescue operation is underway at the site of a collapsed three-story residential building in Brooklyn. New York City Fire Department Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore stated that crews are using heavy machinery to search for potential survivors beneath the rubble.

A building collapsed in New York; rescuers are searching for people in the rubble; 2 people died

In Brooklyn, New York, a three-story building collapsed into an excavation pit at an adjacent construction site where earthworks were underway.