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Bangladesh factory collapse toll hits 69
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-18 09:54
The number of people killed in the collapse of a Bangladeshi garment factory
climbed to 69 Sunday as rescuers recovered nine more bodies, a rescue official
said, adding there is scant hope of finding anyone else alive.
A boiler explosion on Monday brought the nine-story building down on nearly
300 workers at the factory near Savar, an industrial town 20 miles northwest of
the capital, Dhaka.
A man weeps and raises his hands in prayer for
his lost brother near the collapsed nine-story garment factory near the
Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, April 15, 2005.
[Reuters] | About 96 more workers were still missing and feared dead.
"There is little scope of finding anyone alive now, but we never give up
hope," said Brig. Gen. Nizam Ahmed, an army officer who was supervising the
rescue work.
Most of the corpses were badly mangled and decomposing, and relatives
struggled to identify them by clothing or other personal effects.
The factory was built on a swamp three years ago, and building investigators
suspect poor construction may have led to the collapse.
Bangladesh has about 2,500 garment factories employing about 1.8 million
workers. The South Asian nation exports more than $5 billion in textiles each
year.
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