New York City Fire Department

A three-storey residential building collapsed beside a construction excavation in Flatbush, Brooklyn, killing eight people, including two children, and injuring at least 18. Firefighters later found no further victims; officials said the cause remained unclear.

Six people died and nine others were injured after a fire spread through a two-storey home in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. Four died at the scene and two in hospital; the cause remained under investigation, with a possible lithium-ion battery link unconfirmed.