At least 161 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

A rescuer carries an injured woman after a building collapsed on April 24 in Savar, Bangladesh. Eighty-two people were killed and 700 injured after an eight-story building housing several garment factories suddenly collapsed.  

CLARIFICATION: Clothing brands noted in an earlier version were in reference to brands found at the scene of a November fire at the Tazreen garment factory.Photo By Munir Uz Zaman, AFP/Getty Images

SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescuers tried to free people believed trapped in the concrete rubble of a building housing mainly garment factories that collapsed in Bangladesh a day after workers complained cracks had developed in the structure. The death toll jumped Thursday to 161 after searchers worked through the night.

"Many" people are still trapped, said the rescue operations leader, army Brig. Gen. Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikder said Thursday morning. A clearer picture of the rescue operation would be available by afternoon he said.

Searchers cut holes in the jumbled mess of concrete with drills or their bare hands, passing water and flashlights to those pinned inside the building near Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka.
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