Firefighters Respond to Brooklyn (NY) Building Collapse

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Fire Department of New York (FDNY) crews responded today to a building collapse in Brooklyn, New York, according to various news reports.

WPIX reported that several people were injured when a four-story building collapsed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the borough. FDNY firefighters and other responders were combing through the rubble.

None of the injuries were life-threatening, according to reports.

Photo above courtesy Avram Grumer.

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