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Dhaka Collapse Kills up to 100 |
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| Release time:2013-05-07 Source:admin Reads: | |
| A block housing garment factories manufacturing apparels and woven labels and shops collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring more than 1,000, officials said. Firefighters and troops dug frantically through the rubble at the eight-storey Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 kilometers outside Dhaka. Television showed young women workers, some apparently semi-conscious, being pulled out. One fireman told Reuters that about 2,000 people were in the building when the upper floors jolted down on top of each other.Bangladesh's booming garment industry has been plagued by fires and other accidents for years, despite a drive to improve safety standards. In November last year, 112 workers were killed in a blaze at the Tazreen factory which also deals in woven labels in a nearby industrial suburb."It looks like an earthquake has struck here," said one resident as he looked on at the chaotic scene of smashed concrete and ambulances making their way through the crowds of workers and wailing relatives. "I was at work on the third floor, and then suddenly I heard a deafening sound, but couldn't understand what was happening. I ran and was hit by something on my head," said Zohra Begum a worker at one of the factories. Five garment factories, employing mostly women, were housed in the building, including Ether Tex Ltd, whose chairman told Reuters he was unaware of any warnings not to open the workshops. "There were some crack at the second floor, but my factory was on the fifth floor," said Muhammad Anisur Rahman. "The owner of the building told our floor manager that it is not a problem and so you can open the factory." But even if it has nothing to do with storey, garment factories including those producing woven labels should be taken particular care because materials are easily on fire. |
