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Dhaka: Rooftop generators 'linked to collapse' Power generators linked to Dhaka building collapse
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Four generators operating on the roof of the Bangladesh garment factory, Rana Plaza, may have caused the building to collapse, a top investigator says. Four generators inside the Bangladesh garment factory building that collapsed last month may have caused the disaster, a top investigator says.
Vibrations from the units, started up after a power cut, were behind the disaster said Main Uddin Khandaker, head of a government inquiry team. The units started up after a power cut, causing powerful vibrations throughout Rana Plaza, said Main Uddin Khandaker, head of a government inquiry team.
"Together with the vibration of thousands of sewing machines, they triggered the collapse," he told AFP."Together with the vibration of thousands of sewing machines, they triggered the collapse," he told AFP.
The collapse killed at least 500 people and scores are still unaccounted for. At least 500 people are known to have died and scores are unaccounted for.
It is Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster, and has sparked anger among workers in the country. Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster has sparked widespread anger in the country.
Mr Khandaker told reporters that 15 minutes before the Rana Plaza collapsed on 24 April, it was affected by a power cut. This set the building's generators in motion, shaking the structure, he said.
The building was not able to cope with the vibrations because it had been constructed with weak materials, such as sub-standard steel rods, Mr Khandaker added.
Late on Thursday, Bangladeshi police detained an engineer, the ninth person to be taken into custody in connection with the disaster.
Abdur Razzak Khan acted as a consultant for Rana Plaza owner Mohammed Sohel Rana, who is accused of illegally adding more floors to the building.
Two other engineers are also in custody, along with Mr Rana, his father Abdul Khalek and four owners of garment factories that operated inside the building.