Doorbell camera footage captured the harrowing moments a New York City building collapsed, leaving at least two children and six adults dead.
The video from inside the building at 1323 Flatbush Ave. shows the moments the adjoining building at 1321 Flatbush Ave. collapsed into an adjacent construction site at about 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 11, trapping residents and construction workers beneath the debris.
The footage shows the building's wall being torn off as crashing sounds are heard, followed by alarms and the start of the response.
Watch the footage in the video at the top of this story.
More than 250 firefighters and EMS personnel responded within a minute and began searching the wreckage for survivors in an operation that lasted throughout the night
and into Nov. 12.
The New York City Fire Department announced on social media that rescue operations concluded at 3:37 p.m. ET on Nov. 12, and that it had determined that there are "no more victims" at the site.
The NYPD confirmed to USA TODAY that six adults in their 20s and early 30s, a 9-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were among the dead. Eighteen people − 14 civilians and four firefighters − were injured due to the collapse.
What to know about the NYC building collapse
The cause of the three-story Brooklyn building’s collapse remains unclear.
NBC and Fox News reported that the developers of the construction site were seeking to build a nine-story, mixed-use building with a grocery store on the first floor and residential housing on the floors above. Developers had approval for a three-story building, but the nine-story plan had not yet been approved, Fox reported.
N Tech Design of America, a construction company working on the site, demolished a one-story building there despite a stop-work order issued in March, according to a summons issued by the city in April.
In June, certified letters were sent to adjacent properties notifying them that excavation would begin within 30 days, NBC reported.
The 96-year-old apartment building that collapsed had a long history of hazardous violations, city records show.
Department of Housing Preservation and Development records list 98 violations stretching back to 1972. Twenty-one are Class C or “immediately hazardous” violations for issues including peeling lead paint, a leaking roof and unsafe electrical wiring.
The building is owned by Isolag Realty group, according to a stop work order on the city’s Department of Buildings' website.
Olufemi Falade is listed in a state database as the registered agent for that business and as the head officer, managing agent and shareholder for Femi Realty Corp., the previous owner of the property, on the HPD website.
Falade faced jail time in 2006 after failing to remedy housing violations at some of his buildings, The New York Times reported. The New York Daily News reported that Falade was handed a 12-day sentence and $50,000 in fines for failing to fix over 600 violations.
Contributing: Thao Nugyen and Saman Safiq – USA TODAY
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