1 seriously injured in partial roof collapse in Brooklyn

Wednesday, January 9, 2019
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, Brooklyn (WABC) -- One person was seriously injured in a partial roof collapse in Brooklyn Wednesday.

It happened at a building on Howard Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
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A person briefly trapped underneath the rubble was rescued and taken to Kings County Hospital in serious condition.

There is no word yet on what caused the collapse.
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The Department of Buildings says it happened on the third story of a building that was a church, but is currently undergoing renovation to convert to a 22-apartment residential building.

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