14 killed in Dhaka building collapse
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June 3, 2010, Thursday
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A FOUR-STORY apartment building collapsed in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka and its debris buried some nearby shanties, killing at least 14 people and leaving several others trapped, authorities said yesterday.
Fire official Abdus Salam said some of those trapped were feared dead.
"We see more people crushed under the debris," Salam said from the site of the accident in Dhaka's central Tejgaon district. "So the death toll is likely to go up."
Salam said the four-story building was built on what was once a canal and the owner had been adding an unapproved story to it, local media reported.
Fire official Ataur Rahman said it was unknown how many people were in the building at the time of the accident.
Dhaka is a teeming city of more than 10 million people, and its many buildings are constructed without proper design and with poor materials.
Fire official Abdus Salam said some of those trapped were feared dead.
"We see more people crushed under the debris," Salam said from the site of the accident in Dhaka's central Tejgaon district. "So the death toll is likely to go up."
Salam said the four-story building was built on what was once a canal and the owner had been adding an unapproved story to it, local media reported.
Fire official Ataur Rahman said it was unknown how many people were in the building at the time of the accident.
Dhaka is a teeming city of more than 10 million people, and its many buildings are constructed without proper design and with poor materials.
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