Rescue workers are frantically searching for survivors after the crumbling eight-storey block in the capital, Dhaka.
They used special cutting equipment and cranes to try to get through to several people feared trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel - as desperate onlookers joined in with their bare hands.
It is not yet clear what caused the tragedy at the Rana Plaza - though local reports said a crack was allegedly found in the building on Tuesday,but the factory’s owners IGNORED a warning not to let workers into the building following the discovery.
They used special cutting equipment and cranes to try to get through to several people feared trapped under tonnes of concrete and steel - as desperate onlookers joined in with their bare hands.
Building collapses are relatively common in Bangladesh, where poorly-enforced planning laws have led many potentially dangerous multi-storey buildings to spring up.
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