At least 7 people have been killed and 53 people injured after a cement factory building collapsed in the port town of Mongla, Shah Alam Sarder, Bangladesh, The Telegraph UK reports.
7 people killed after factory building collapses
Hundreds of soldiers and emergency personnel worked through the night to clear debris from the site while also searching for survivors in the rubble.
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6 of the injured are reported to be in a critical condition.
12 people were rescued as search teams worked painstakingly using two cranes as well as steel cutters for fear of triggering a fresh collapse.
6 bodies have been recovered so far, while 10 people remain unaccounted for.
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More than 90 staff were on the site when the structure started to cave in on Thursday afternoon, trapping several workers under a mass of newly-mixed concrete and steel.
Speaking on the incident, the fire department director, Sheikh Mizanur Rahman said
“We’re trying to reach the (seventh) body by cutting through a maze of steel but it’s taking hours because any misstep could trigger a collapse in the debris or on the other side of the factory”
The collapsed factory reportedly belongs to Sena Kalyan Sangstha, a company run by the Bangladesh Army, while the building contractor was a firm called China National Building Material (CNBM).
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