FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) — Eight people are dead and 17 others are hurt, two critically, after part of a three-story building collapsed into a construction site at the corner of Flatbush and Bedford avenues in Flatbush, Brooklyn, just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the FDNY.

Six bodies were recovered from the rubble, and two people died at the hospital. Four of the victims found Thursday are believed to be construction workers. Seven children are among those treated.

The building at 1321 Flatbush Ave., which had a store at street level and apartments upstairs, fell into an open excavation at 2625 Bedford Ave.

The Department of Buildings says the developer had an active permit for excavation and foundation work and has issued a full stop-work order while investigators determine the cause.

Officials say others may still be missing.

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