At least eight people were killed when an apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed into a neighboring construction site on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

At least 17 people, including 3 firefighters were injured, Mamdani said on Thursday (November 12), as rescue operations continued.

Aerials images showed firefighters at the site of the collapsed building looking for survivors in the debris.

The city's fire department earlier told Reuters that four people were in critical condition after the three-story building in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn collapsed at about 4 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Wednesday and tumbled into the adjoining construction site where excavation work was underway.

New York television station WABC-TV reported that at least four survivors were pulled from the wreckage about 2 to 2 1/2 hours after the collapse, including a pregnant woman.

The number of people who were at home when the 1930-era building collapsed was not immediately known, officials said. They did not say how many workers were on the construction site at the time.

City Fire Department Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said seven children were among those affected by the collapse. She declined to say whether any of the dead were children or adults.

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VIDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS AERIALS OF COLLAPSED BUILDING

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1. AERIALS OF FIRE TRUCKS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AT SITE OF COLLAPSED BUILDING

2. AERIALS OF FIREFIGHTERS SURROUNDED BY DEBRIS FROM THE BUILDING

3. AERIALS OF TRUCK BACKING UP

4. AERIALS OF SITE OF COLLASPSED BUILDING, EXPOSED SIDE OF NEIGHBORING BUILDING

5. MORE AERIALS OF SITE OF COLLAPSED BUILDING