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Dhaka building collapse: Fire breaks out in wreckage | Dhaka building collapse: Fire breaks out in wreckage |
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A fire has broken out in a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, hampering efforts to reach remaining survivors of a disaster that has killed 377 people. | A fire has broken out in a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, hampering efforts to reach remaining survivors of a disaster that has killed 377 people. |
The fire was reportedly started by sparks from cutters being used to free a female survivor. Four fire-fighters have been taken to hospital. | |
The owner of the Rana Plaza factory, Mohammed Sohel Rana, was earlier arrested near the Indian border. | The owner of the Rana Plaza factory, Mohammed Sohel Rana, was earlier arrested near the Indian border. |
He has been flown back to Dhaka. | He has been flown back to Dhaka. |
Mr Rana was said to have been in hiding since the building collapsed on Wednesday. | |
Two survivors | |
Smoke was seen pouring from a section of the building, stopping rescue work in that area, although efforts continued in other parts. | |
The eight-storey building in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, was a garment factory and the presence of clothing may have worsened the blaze, correspondents say. | |
Brig Gen Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikder, overseeing the rescue work, said: "Hopefully we will be able to control it." | |
It is unclear what happened to the woman whom rescuers were trying to free. | |
The rescuers had brought in cutters and heavy lifting equipment after determining that light equipment could no longer do the job. | |
Earlier on Sunday, two people were pulled out alive but hopes are fading that many more survivors will be found. | |
Thousands of relatives of missing workers are still waiting at the site as survivors and the dead are pulled from the rubble. | Thousands of relatives of missing workers are still waiting at the site as survivors and the dead are pulled from the rubble. |
At least 3,000 are estimated to have been in the building when it collapsed. About 2,430 are now known to have survived. | |
There is no official figure on the number of people still missing, but Akram Hossain, a deputy director of the fire service, said their chances of survival were "diminishing by the minute". | |
Earlier, local government minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak announced the arrest of Mohammed Sohel Rana by loudspeaker at the site of the collapse, to cheers from rescue workers. | |
The factory owner was detained near the land-crossing in Benapole along the border with India's West Bengal state by Rapid Action Battalion soldiers. | |
Bangladeshi TV later showed Mr Rana in handcuffs after being flown back to Dhaka by helicopter. | |
The building housed several garment factories. | |
Six people, including three factory owners and two engineers, have now been arrested. | |
Anger at the building collapse has triggered days of violent protests in Dhaka. | |
On Sunday, garment workers blockaded a main road in a nearby industrial zone of Gazipur demanding capital punishment for those responsible. | |
Bangladesh has one of the largest garment industries in the world, providing cheap clothing for major Western retailers that benefit from its widespread low-cost labour. | |
But the industry has been widely criticised for its low pay and limited rights given to workers and for the often dangerous working conditions in garment factories. |