A parking storage partially collapsed Tuesday in decrease Manhattan’s Monetary District, and firefighters have been looking for individuals who might need been trapped within the particles, authorities stated. One particular person was seen being carried out on a stretcher.

Bystander video confirmed vehicles hanging precariously from a buckled higher deck of the three-story constructing, a number of blocks from Metropolis Corridor and the Brooklyn Bridge, and about half a mile (0.8 km) from the New York Inventory Alternate.

“It felt like an earthquake,” stated Liam Gaeta, a scholar at close by Tempo College. He stated he heard “a big noise and a giant rumbling, after which all of us acquired evacuated.”

Different Tempo college students described listening to screams and seeing vehicles falling within the constructing, which caved in round 4 p.m.

The Fireplace Division stated there have been experiences of individuals trapped and that searches have been being carried out to ensure everybody was accounted for. At one level, firefighters have been pulled out due to considerations in regards to the constructing’s stability, the division stated.

New York Mayor Eric Adams was en path to the scene, stated spokesperson Fabien Levy. He described what occurred as a partial collapse.