Officials say the person was working on the garage Monday afternoon when the roof and a retaining wall came down.
The four-alarm fire broke out just before 12:30 p.m. at a mixed-used building on College Point Boulevard between Avery and Pople avenues in Flushing.
The vacant house appeared to fall down in all directions. One wall leaned on an occupied neighboring home.
A Ring camera captured the terrifying moment the frame of a top bunk came loose, trapping a child sleeping in the bottom bed.
Officials say two construction workers had to be rescued after a portion of the rubble foundation collapsed at a construction site in Brooklyn.
The house is now partially submerged in ice.