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The
Rana Plaza collapse
was an disaster on 24 April 2013. An eight-story building, the Rana Plaza, collapsed in
Savar Upazila
, a sub-district near
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
. 1134 people were killed and about 2,500 others were injured.
The building contained clothing factories, other shops and a bank. It collapsed during the morning
rush hour
. Warnings to avoid using the building because of cracking appearing the day before were ignored, resulting in a tragedy. This was thought to be the worst industrial accident in the
history of Bangladesh
.
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