Apartment Building Partially Collapses in Brooklyn

One person may be missing after the back of a four-story apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, and rescuers are once again searching the rubble after safety concerns were resolved.

The back of 1549 Prospect Place at Buffalo Avenue, in the Weeksville section, gave way at around 9:30 a.m., completely shearing off a large portion of the building. There were no reports of injuries as the entire building was evacuated, but officials have not yet determined whether one resident of the first floor was home at the time.

Behind the building, construction workers were digging a foundation for a new structure, which apparently caused the back wall to collapse.