This article is missing information about this event.(March 2023) |
Date | 11 April 2005 |
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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] |
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. He is married to Farah Mahbub, a judge of Bangladesh High Court. [5]
This article is missing information about this event.(March 2023) |
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] |
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. He is married to Farah Mahbub, a judge of Bangladesh High Court. [5]