Twelve days after the worst industrial disaster in Bangladesh’s history, rescuers on Sunday pulled out 53 more decomposed bodies from the rubbles of the eight-storey building, taking the toll to 620.
Search teams said the toll would certainly rise since debris had only been cleared down to the fifth floor of the pancaked building, and a strong stench from lower floors suggested more bodies would be found.
The building, Rana Plaza, in Savar near the Capital Dhaka, housed five garment factories, collapsed on April 24, trapping more than 3,000 people. Some 2,437 people have been rescued so far.
PTI