Building collapses in New York's Bronx; Firefighters scour debris for trapped

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building in the Bronx. As reported by AP, the incident exposed apartments resembling a stack of shelves and partially buried a convenience store under bricks and wood.

As of early evening, there were no reported injuries, and city officials confirmed that the occupants of the ground floor shop had safely evacuated, according to the proprietor, AP reported. Despite this, firefighters employed buckets, power tools, and heavy equipment to carefully sift through the wreckage, while authorities closely monitored the sections of the building that were still intact.

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“When I went outside, all you could see is the debris and a smoke cloud in the street," said Rodriguez, 22. “And you could see inside the structure: people’s beds, their doors, closets, lights, everything.

It was really scary." A section of the building displayed walls sheared off and floors sagging, accompanied by a pile of debris spilling onto the street. Inside one apartment, a bed was positioned just feet away from the edge of a floor that extended into the air due to the collapse, while in another unit, artwork hanging on the wall was