April 24 in History
2013 – 1134 people die in Bangladesh in the worst building collapse disaster in modern history
The 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse was a structural failure that occurred on this day in 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an eight-story commercial building called Rana Plaza collapsed. The search for the dead ended on May 13, 2013 with a death toll of 1134
Approximately 2000 injured people were rescued from the building. It is considered the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern human history, the deadliest garment-factory disaster in history and the deadliest industrial accident in the history of Bangladesh.
The building contained clothing factories, a bank, apartments and several shops. The shops and the bank on the lower floors were immediately closed after cracks were discovered in the building. The building’s owners ignored warnings to avoid using the building after cracks had appeared the day before. Garment workers were ordered to return the following day and the building collapsed during the morning rush-hour.
-Wikipedia
Photo Caption – Board with photos of missing people posted by relatives – Wikipedia
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