Building collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10
Verified: 38 outlets in 19 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from the United States. At least 2 killed, according to 15 outlets.
A three-story building next to a construction site collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, killing at least two people and sending more than 10 others to hospital, New York City officials said, as rescuers searched the rubble for possible additional victims.
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Killed · 2 figures, newest first
- at least 215 outlets: aljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk +13· latest Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTCBrooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured ↗
- 19 outlets: abc.net.au, abcnews.com +7· latest Nov 12, 2:06 AM UTC1 Dead, 10 Injured After Brooklyn Building Collapses into Construction Site ↗
- Injured · 4 figures, newest first
- 172 outlets: haitiantimes.com, yahoo.com· latest Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTCBrooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured ↗
- 105 outlets: breitbart.com, news.tuoitre.vn +3· latest Nov 12, 9:24 AM UTCBuilding collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10 ↗
- 121 outlet: bbc.co.uk· latest Nov 12, 12:33 AM UTCNew York building collapse kills one person and injures 12 ↗
4 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Breitbart, UPI and 1 more · how we count
- Nov 11, 10:16 PM UTCFirst reportNew York City building collapse traps people in rubble1news.co.nz ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 10:37 PM UTC · +20 min
- Nov 11, 10:38 PM UTC+21 minNew York City building collapse leaves people trapped in rubbleindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 11:10 PM UTC+53 minAt least 1 person dead, 2 critically injured after building collapses in Brooklyn, police sayabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:11 AM UTC+11 hUS: Survivor pulled alive from rubble after deadly Brooklyn collapseeuronews.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 9:24 AM UTC+11 h· you’re reading thisBuilding collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10news.tuoitre.vn ↗
- Nov 12, 9:48 AM UTC+12 hUS: Survivor pulled alive from rubble after deadly Brooklyn collapseafricanews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTC+12 hBrooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injuredyahoo.com ↗
[Claude] Both other reports describe the same Brooklyn three-story building collapse with two dead; Report 2 adds the mayor's response time and Report 3 adds a rescue detail, with no conflicting facts.
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