2005 Savar building collapse

2005 Savar building collapse
Time 00:45 am BST (UTC+06:00)
Date 11 April 2005
Location Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh
Also known as Spectrum garment factory collapse
Deaths 73[1]
Non-fatal injuries ~80>[2]

The 2005 Savar building collapse or Spectrum garment factory collapse was a structural failure that occurred on Monday, 11 April 2005 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh where an nine-story commercial building collapsed.[3][4] The site is located about 30 km northwest of Dhaka. The explosion of a boiler on the ground floor triggered the collapse. The owner of the building was Shahriar Sayeed Husain, a Bangladeshi businessman.

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References

  1. ↑ Buerk, Roland (9 May 2005). "Bail denied over factory collapse". BBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Davelaar, Geertjan (2013-04-11). "Spectrum collapse: eight years on and still little action on safety". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  3. ↑ Davelaar, Geertjan (2005-04-01). "Factory collapsed - Bangladeshi Garment Workers Buried Alive". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 2016-04-03. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  4. ↑ Islam, Shariful; Ashraf, Shamim (12 April 2005). "9-storey Garment Building Crumbles at Savar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

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