Eight story building containing four clothing factories collapses in Bangladesh. Death foll rises. (April 24).
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Savar, Bangladesh 24 April 2013
1. Rescue crew coming through with victim
2. Wide high pan of collapsed building and people searching through debris
2. Various shots of rescue teams and crowds around collapsed building
3. Various of injured people being rescued from the building
4. Mid of woman crying
5. Wide of person lying amidst rubble
6. Wide of rescue crew getting to scene
7. Wide of make-shift morgue with family members
8. Various of bodies
9. List of victims with family members looking
10. Two survivors in makeshift hospital
STORYLINE:
An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near the Bangladesh capital on Wednesday morning, killing at least 87 people and trapping many more in a jumbled mess of shattered concrete and bricks, officials said.
The collapse stirred memories of a fatal fire at a garment factory in November that killed 112 people and raised an outcry about safety in the nation’s 20 billion dollar-a-year textile industry, which produces clothing for global fashion brands.
Clothes with Disney, Wal-Mart and other western labels were found in the collapsed factory building.
Thousands of people gathered at the site in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, some of them weeping survivors, others searching for family members.
Workers in the Rana Plaza building said it had developed such severe cracks the day before that it had been reported on local news channels.
Officials said over six hundred survivors had been rescued.
Reports indicate the death toll could rise.
The collapsed happened around 8:30 local time.
Garment factories in the area routinely work 24 hours a day, it appeared likely that the four factories housed in the building were fully staffed at the time.
Firefighters and soldiers with drilling machines and cranes worked together with local volunteers to search for survivors from the building, which stood at about two stories tall after the collapse.
The building lacked emergency exits and its owner said only three floors of the eight story building were legally constructed.
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