New York Building Collapses, One dead and Several injured

One person was killed and several others were injured Wednesday after a three-story building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said.

Images from the scene showed firefighters sifting through a pile of rubble in front of what appeared to be a residential property with its walls torn down, exposing a bedroom and a clothing wardrobe.

US media reported that some people were pulled from the rubble, including a child



carried out on a stretcher.

New York's fire department said it received reports of people trapped following the building collapse at around 4:00 pm (2100 GMT) in the Flatbush district of Brooklyn.

One person was pronounced dead on arrival, the FDNY said, while four were transported to hospital in critical condition. A further six suffered minor injuries.

The cause of the collapse was not immediately known.