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Rescue and Emergency Management of a Man-Made Disaster: Lesson Learnt from a Collapse Factory Building, Bangladesh
The Scientific World Journal
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Open article references → Why editors use it herePeer-reviewed study of the building, collapse sequence, mass-casualty response, rescue conditions, and emergency-management lessons.
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Quick read
On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza collapsed in Savar, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring more than 2,000.
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Trigger and conditions
Visible cracks prompted evacuation on 23 April.
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Uncertainty
Published death and injury totals vary slightly by source and by the treatment of unidentified or later deaths.
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Why it matters
Rana Plaza made the hidden geography of clothing production visible to consumers around the world.
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