{"id":2388,"date":"2013-04-24T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ankakh.am\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2013-04-24T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T16:10:49","slug":"rescuers-use-massive-strips-of-cloth-as-escape-chutes-after-bangladeshi-textile-factory-collapses-killing-at-least-96-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=2388","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers use massive strips of cloth as escape chutes after Bangladeshi textile factory collapses killing at least 96 people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2385\" alt=\"b2\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b2.jpg\" width=\"964\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b2.jpg 964w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/b2-454x300.jpg 454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a>An eight-storey building housing several garment factories collapsed this morning in Bangladesh, killing at least 83 people and trapping many more in the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers used massive strips of cloth as escape chutes from the textile factories to help the workers escape the devastation.<\/p>\n<p>Fire fighters and army personnel worked frantically through the morning at the Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka, to rescue people trapped inside.<\/p>\n<p>An official at a control room set up to provide information about the missing and injured said more than 700 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse happened about 8:30 a.m. and since garment factories in the area routinely work 24 hours a day, it appeared likely that the five housed in the building were staffed at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Asaduzzaman, in charge of the area&#8217;s police station, 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 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>One fireman said that about 2,000 people were in the building when the upper floors jolted down on top of each other.<\/p>\n<p>Buildings in the crowded city of Dhaka are sometimes erected without permission and many do not comply with construction regulations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An eight-storey building housing several garment factories collapsed this morning in Bangladesh, killing at least&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,224,155,137],"tags":[465],"class_list":["post-2388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-news","category-other-countries","category-world","tag-bangladeshi","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}