Manhattan parking garage collapse leaves people trapped

Video footage from the scene cited by CBS and ABC affiliates showed a rescue operation under way and multiple cars stacked on top of one another amid crumpled concrete.

The local CBS station reported at least three people were injured, citing emergency officials.

Firefighters responding to the collapse were pulled back from the immediate scene "out of concerns about the structural stability of the building", the New York City Fire Department said in a statement.

Emergency personnel were doing their best to account for anyone who might have been trapped, the department said.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was briefed on the collapse and was heading to the scene to survey the damage, his representative said on Twitter.