# NYC building collapse: Fifth body recovered as first responders search for survivors

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nyc-building-collapse-fifth-body-recovered-as-first-responders-search-for-survivors/
- Published: 2026-11-12T13:15:58+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-building-collapse-third-body-recovered-first-responders-search-survivors
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Eight people have died in the Brooklyn collapse.
- At least 17 people were injured, including three firefighters.
- The cause is under investigation and rescue work continues.

## Summary

The reported death toll has risen to eight after a three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, and at least 17 people were injured. The update marks a change from earlier reports of six people recovered and 19 injured; rescue crews are still searching the wreckage.

More than 250 fire and emergency medical personnel are at the scene, using drones and vacuum trucks to search and clear debris. The building, which had a shop and flats, fell into a neighbouring construction site, but the cause is unknown. City records show work at that site was previously halted over inadequate protection for neighbouring properties; a contractor was fined $10,000 after demolition continued despite the order, which was later lifted. Work has now been halted again.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: NYC building collapse: Fifth body recovered as first responders search for survivors](https://www.foxnews.com/us/nyc-building-collapse-third-body-recovered-first-responders-search-survivors)
- [The Guardian: Brooklyn building collapse kills at least 8 and injures 17 as search continues](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/12/brooklyn-building-collapse-nyc)

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