Eight killed, including two children, in New York building collapse
Verified: 54 outlets in 28 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 5 of them from the United States. 8 killed, according to 13 outlets.
Eight people, including two children, were killed when a residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Firefighters spent hours searching the rubble overnight before declaring the operation over on Thursday, as authorities launched an investigation into the disaster.
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 · 4 figures, newest first
- 813 outlets: bdnews24.com, cbc.bb +11· latest Nov 12, 9:49 PM UTCEight dead in New York building collapse ↗
- 71 outlet: dailymail.com· latest Nov 12, 9:12 PM UTCSeven of eight people killed in NYC building collapse identified ↗
- 220 outlets: 1news.co.nz, aljazeera.com +18· latest Nov 12, 7:02 PM UTCNY building collapse kills two children and six adults, mayor says ↗
- Injured · 4 figures, newest first
- 174 outlets: cbc.bb, haitiantimes.com +2· latest Nov 12, 3:23 PM UTCAt least 8 killed, 17 hurt in Brooklyn building collapse ↗
- 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 ↗
5 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Breitbart, NPR News and 2 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, 9:40 PM UTC+23 hNew York City building collapse kills 8; mayor expands probestraitstimes.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 9:49 PM UTC+24 hEight dead in New York building collapsejamaicaobserver.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:54 PM UTC+24 hTrini among victims in deadly Brooklyn building collapsecnc3.co.tt ↗
- Nov 12, 11:05 PM UTC+25 h· you’re reading thisEight killed, including two children, in New York building collapsefrance24.com (again) ↗
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22m agoEight killed, including two children, in New York building collapse Eight people, including two children, were killed when a residential building collapsed into an adjacent construction site in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Firefighters spent hours searching the rubble overnight before declaring the operation over on Thursday, as authorities launched an investigation into the disaster.
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