2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse
The 2005 Dhaka garment factory 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 a 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.
| Date | 11 April 2005 |
|---|---|
| Time | 00:45 am BST (UTC+06:00) |
| Location | Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh |
| Also known as | Spectrum garment factory collapse |
| Deaths | 73[1] |
| Non-fatal injuries | ~80>[2] |
See also
References
- Buerk, Roland (9 May 2005). "Bail denied over factory collapse". BBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Davelaar, Geertjan (11 April 2013). "Spectrum collapse: eight years on and still little action on safety". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Davelaar, Geertjan (1 April 2005). "Factory collapsed - Bangladeshi Garment Workers Buried Alive". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- Islam, Shariful; Ashraf, Shamim (12 April 2005). "9-storey Garment Building Crumbles at Savar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
Further reading
- Spectrum collapse related news on Clean Cloths Campaign.
External links
- Interviews with workers, survivors on 1 June 2005
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