Some bodies recovered from the rubble. AFP
Bangladeshi’s collapsed building. AFP
Rescue workers in Savar, Bangladesh hunted for survivors overnight Thursday amid the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building where 127 people died and more than 1,000 were injured.
Working under floodlights with industrial cutters and cranes, teams of fire service and army rescue workers struggled to break through the mountain of concrete and mangled steel to reach people screaming for help inside.
“The whole building collapsed like a pancake within minutes. Most workers did not have any chance to escape,” national fire department chief Ahmed Ali told AFP. “We can still hear the faint cries of some trapped people.”
The accident has once again highlighted the safety problems and poor working conditions that plague the textile industry in Bangladesh, the world’s second-biggest clothing exporter that supplies global retailers.
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