Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 500

[shian]

[quote]The death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has passed 500, officials say.

More than 20 bodies were pulled from the rubble of the Rana Plaza building in Savar overnight, bringing the total to 501, the army said.

The building contained five clothing factories and scores of workers are still unaccounted for.[/quote]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22394094[/url]

1 single building and 500 fucking people dead.

[theevilldeadII]

Fucking Christ that's way to many people that did not need to die and 1 is to many

[Wizards Court]

if i'm not mistaken, there is a possible earthquake that scientists believe could happen anytime that could kill over a million people on bangladesh due to badly made buildings.

[Awesomecaek]

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;40511861]if i'm not mistaken, there is a possible earthquake that scientists believe could happen anytime that could kill over a million people on bangladesh due to badly made buildings.[/QUOTE]

Do they build their buildings out of concrete playing cards?

[Lonestriper]

This better lead to better buildings codes, and actual enforcement

[Download]

[QUOTE=Lonestriper;40511892]This better lead to better buildings codes, and actual enforcement[/QUOTE]

Doesn't fix the thousands of old buildings that don't comply

[Wizards Court]

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40511884]Do they build their buildings out of concrete playing cards?[/QUOTE]

bangladesh has a LOT of poverty, some of the houses are made of flimsy wood

[Riller]

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40511884]Do they build their buildings out of concrete playing cards?[/QUOTE]

Illegal construction work is a [I]huge[/I] thing in Bangladesh.

[MIPS]

[quote]The previous most deadly structural failure in modern times - excluding the 9/11 terror attacks in New York - was the Sampoong department store in Seoul, South Korea, in 1995, in which 502 people died.[/quote]

Oh hey! I remember that.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdJaWdmRk4[/media]

[AK'z]

the first estimate was around 70 deaths, then 350 and now 500...
horrible disaster that I've heard literally noone talk about.