At least two people have been killed and more than 17 injured after a building collapsed in New York onto an open construction site.
This is reported by the BBC, citing local authorities.
The collapse occurred on Wednesday at around 21:00 Kyiv time.
More than 250 rescue workers are at the scene in Brooklyn, trying to find survivors who may have been trapped under the rubble of the three-storey building.
Authorities have not yet established what caused the sudden collapse. The building was constructed in 1930.
New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore described the rescue operation as “extremely dangerous”.
She added that people who were inside the destroyed building, as well as on the construction site, were trapped.
