USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    Home / World

    Building collapse in Bangladesh kills 87

    By Agencies in Savar, Bangladesh | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-25 08:14

     Building collapse in Bangladesh kills 87

    A Bangladeshi firefighter carries an injured worker after an eight-story building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on Wednesday. At least 87 people have died and about 1,000 are injured. Munir UZ Zaman / Agence France-Presse

    Eight-story structure contained several garment factories, thousands of workers

    An eight-story building containing several garment factories and thousands of workers collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 87 people and trapping many more in the rubble.

    The collapse stirred memories of a fatal fire at a garment factory in November on the outskirts of the country's capital, Dhaka, which killed 112 people and raised an outcry about safety in the nation's garment industry.

    Only the ground floor of the Rana Plaza in Savar, just outside Dhaka, remained intact when the block - which one minister said was illegally constructed - collapsed at about 9 am local time.

    Hundreds of fire department and army rescue workers worked with concrete cutters and cranes to find survivors in the mass of concrete and mangled steel, which resembled the aftermath of an earthquake.

    Bodies and injured survivors were removed from the upper reaches of the pile of flattened floors with makeshift slides made from cloth, which just hours earlier was being cut into shirts and trousers for export to Western markets.

    "The rescue work is going at full swing. But it'll take days to complete the task. It's a huge tragedy," said Zehadul Islam, a major in the fire department.

    Hiralal Roy, a senior emergency ward doctor at nearby Enam Hospital, where victims were being taken, said at least 1,000 people were injured had been treated at the hospital.

    "Most of the dead are garment workers. The toll will rise, as some of the injured are in critical condition," he said, adding that the hospital has appealed for emergency blood donations.

    Some workers complained that the building had developed cracks on Tuesday evening, triggering an evacuation, but they had been made to return to the production lines.

    Workers 'forced back'

    "The managers forced us back, and just one hour after we entered the factory, the building collapsed with a huge noise," said a 24-year-old worker who gave her first name as Mousumi.

    "I'm injured. But I've not found my husband, who was working on the fourth floor," she said.

    Mousumi estimated that 5,000 people worked inside the building, which also housed apartments, a bank and shops.

    The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said that the factories in the building employed more than 2,600 workers.

    Masuda Begum, 22, an operator, said from a bed at Rose Clinic in Savar that she survived by moving under a sewing machine as the roof fell in.

    "The whole building was shaking just half an hour after we started work. There were hundreds of workers on our floor. Suddenly it became dark. A few of us managed to crawl out but I don't know what happened to the others," she said.

    Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan said the building was illegal and violated the building codes. The huge death toll was likely to raise further questions about safety in the garment industry.

    Bangladesh has the second-biggest clothing industry in the world, with nearly 4,000 garment factories, supplying to major Western brands, but it is plagued by regular accidents and demonstrations from workers demanding better wages and working conditions.

    The fire at the Tazreen garment factory in November drew international attention to working conditions in Bangladesh's $20-billion-a-year textile industry.

    Tazreen lacked emergency exits, and its owner said only three floors of the eight-story building were legally built. Surviving employees said gates had been locked and managers had told them to go back to work after the fire alarm went off.

    The factory made clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney and other Western brands.

    AFP-AP

    (China Daily 04/25/2013 page10)

    Today's Top News

    Editor's picks

    Most Viewed

    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
    亚洲熟妇无码八V在线播放| 亚洲AV无码一区二区乱子伦| 无码八A片人妻少妇久久| 乱人伦人妻中文字幕无码| 人妻丰满熟妇aⅴ无码| 中文字幕乱码人在线视频1区| 无码国产精品一区二区免费16| 国产中文字幕在线观看| 精品人妻少妇嫩草AV无码专区 | 无码日韩人妻AV一区二区三区 | 无码区国产区在线播放| 最近更新中文字幕在线| 中文最新版地址在线| 久久亚洲AV成人无码电影| 亚洲国产精品无码久久SM| 在线欧美天码中文字幕| 台湾佬中文娱乐中文| 狠狠躁天天躁中文字幕无码 | 日韩乱码人妻无码中文视频| 无码精品视频一区二区三区| 无码国内精品久久综合88| 中文在线最新版天堂8| 亚洲欧美日韩、中文字幕不卡| 久久久久成人精品无码| YY111111少妇无码理论片| 少妇无码AV无码专区线| 人妻无码视频一区二区三区| 亚洲AV无码一区东京热| 伊人久久精品无码二区麻豆| 亚洲无码在线播放| 曰韩人妻无码一区二区三区综合部 | 日本一区二区三区精品中文字幕| 无码不卡亚洲成?人片| 久久亚洲AV永久无码精品| 国产精品无码久久久久| 99无码熟妇丰满人妻啪啪| 国产强伦姧在线观看无码| 国产a v无码专区亚洲av| 精品久久久久久无码人妻蜜桃| 国产精品无码无卡无需播放器| 无码专区国产无套粉嫩白浆内射 |