(Updates with one dead, details)

NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - One worker was killed and two were injured when a building collapsed in upper Manhattan on Tuesday, authorities said.

The three men were renovating the five-story building when the top three floors collapsed, said Joseph Pfeifer, Deputy Assistant Chief with the Fire Department of New York.

One man was killed in the collapse of the building, located on West 113th Street in the city's Harlem section, he said.

Of the two injured workers, one managed to free himself from the rubble while the other was rescued from the debris by firefighters, he said. Both were in stable condition at a hospital.

The cause of the early afternoon collapse is under investigation, Pfeifer said.

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