At Least 2 Dead in Brooklyn Building Collapse
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At least one person is dead and 12 others injured, six critically, after a mixed-use three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed Wednesday afternoon, a fire department official said.
A dangerous search for survivors continues after a three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon.
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