BANGLADESH: Garment factory collapses in Bangladesh, at least five dead

Record ID: 216462

  • Title: BANGLADESH: Garment factory collapses in Bangladesh, at least five dead
  • Date: 25th February 2006
  • Summary: COLLAPSED FACTORY/VARIOUS OF PEOPLE AND RESCUE WORKERS TRYING TO FREE TRAPPED WORKERS (5 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 12th March 2006 12:00
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  • Location: Bangladesh
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA3I6GKAGPQLDC6ECJ2VTRB0SHJ
  • Story Text: At least five people were killed and 25 injured when a multi-storey garment factory collapsed in the Bangladesh capital on Saturday (February 25), witnesses and hospital officials said. Some 150 workers were inside when the Phoenix textile mill in the city's Mahakhali area began crumbling during the morning shift. Rescuers including fire brigade personnel said they feared many people were still trapped under the rubble, and that the army had been called in to help. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known, but came three days after a fire at the K.T.S. Textile Mill in the port city of Chittagong killed 54 workers and injured at least 60. In April 2005, at least 74 workers were killed and hundreds were injured when a garment factory collapsed at Palashbari 30 km (18 miles) from Dhaka.
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