BANGLADESH: More bodies are recovered from the rubble of a deadly building collapse in Bangladesh as the death toll rises to at least 352

Record ID: 216371

  • Title: BANGLADESH: More bodies are recovered from the rubble of a deadly building collapse in Bangladesh as the death toll rises to at least 352
  • Date: 28th April 2013
  • Summary: RESCUE WORKERS CARRYING BODY ON A STRETCHER VARIOUS OF WRECKED BUILDING WITH RESCUE TEAMS WORKING RESCUE TEAM WORKING IN A HOLE DUG TO EVACUATE BODIES AND SURVIVORS VARIOUS OF RESCUE WORKER IN HOLE RESCUE TEAM STANDING AROUND EDGES OF A HOLE (SOUNDBITE) (Bengali) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FIRE BRIGADE, NURUL ISLAM, SAYING: "We still believe there are people alive inside, we've e
  • Embargoed: 13th May 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Bangladesh
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Disasters
  • Reuters ID: LVA6NKX234L870XSUAB8P3US75GI
  • Story Text: More bodies were pulled out from the rubble on Sunday (April 28, 2013) after a building collapsed, where low-cost garments were made for Western brands, killing at least 352 people in Savar, Bangladesh.
    Rescue teams continued their efforts at the site, where police said on Saturday (April 27) as many as 900 people were still missing in Bangladesh's worst ever industrial accident.
    Fire department assistant director, Nurul Islam, said they will continue their search until they are sure there are no more survivors.
    "We still believe there are people alive inside, we've evacuated many people, dead and alive, through the holes but in some cases it is not possible. When we are sure that there are no more survivors then we will start pulling slabs from the top and we will finish the operation," he said.
    Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh on Saturday.
    The owner of the eight-storey building that fell like a pack of cards around more than 3,000 mainly young women workers was still on the run.
    Police said several of his relatives were detained to compel him to hand himself in, and an alert had gone out to airport and border authorities to prevent him from fleeing the country.
    Officials said Rana Plaza, on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, had been built on spongy ground without the correct permits, and the workers were sent in on Wednesday (April 24) despite warnings the previous day that it was structurally unsafe.
    Anger at the negligence has sparked days of protests and clashes with police.
    About 2,500 people have been rescued from the remains of the building in the commercial suburb of Savar, about 30 km (20 miles) from Dhaka.
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