Rana Plaza collapse

When

24 Apr 2013

Kind

Event

Coordinates

23.85° N, 90.26° E

Description

The 2013 Savar building collapse, one of the worst industrial disasters in the world, kills 1,134 people in Bangladesh.

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Rana Plaza collapse.

2013 industrial building collapse in Savar, Bangladesh

The Rana Plaza collapse occurred on 24 April 2013 in Savar Upazila, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, when the nine-story Rana Plaza commercial building collapsed due to a structural failure. The search for survivors lasted for 19 days and ended on 13 May 2013, with a confirmed death toll of 1,134. Approximately 2,500 injured people were rescued from the building.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Einsturz der Rana-Plaza-Textilfabrik in Bangladesch kommen mehr als 1100 Menschen ums Leben und mehr als 2400 werden verletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Саваре (Бангладеш) обрушилось 8-этажное здание”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2013年孟加拉国萨瓦区大楼倒塌事故”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “【バングラデシュ】 首都ダッカ近郊で8階建の商業ビルが崩壊。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page