96 killed in Bangladesh building collapse

An eight-storey building housing factories and a shopping centre has collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital.

Authorities said 96 people have been killed and over 700 were injured.

Firefighters and army personnel worked at the Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30km outside Dhaka, to rescue people trapped inside.

One fireman said 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 a factory in an industrial suburb of Dhaka.

A local police spokesman said factory owners appeared to have ignored a warning not to allow their workers into the building after a crack was detected in the block yesterday.

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.

One witness said it looked like an earthquake had struck the area.

A factory worker said she was at work on the third floor when "suddenly I heard a deafening sound, but couldn't understand what was happening. I ran and was hit by something on my head".

Buildings in the crowded city of Dhaka are sometimes erected without permission and many do not comply with construction regulations.

Dozens died when a garment factory collapsed in the same area eight years ago.

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