2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse

2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse
Date11 April 2005
Time00:45 am BST (UTC+06:00)
LocationSavar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh
Also known asSpectrum garment factory collapse
Deaths73
Non-fatal injuries~80>

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. 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.


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