Bangladesh building collapse toll rises to 450
By FARID HOSSAIN?
?By FARID HOSSAINA woman grieves after finding her sister's body at a school turned make-shift morgue where family members come to identify and claim bodies found in the garment factory building collapse, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities said it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A woman grieves after finding her sister's body at a school turned make-shift morgue where family members come to identify and claim bodies found in the garment factory building collapse, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities said it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
People cover their noses as they search through a line of dead bodies in hopes of identifying their relatives at a school turned make-shift morgue for victims of the garment factory building collapse, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities said it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A young child holds a picture of his father who was missing since the collapse of the garment factory building, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities said it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers.(AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)
A woman grieves for her missing relative at a school turned make-shift morgue where family members come to identify and claim bodies found in the garment factory building which collapsed last week, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of the collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities said it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A woman grieves while others hold up pictures of their missing relatives at a school turned make-shift morgue where family members come to identify and claim bodies found in the garment factory building collapse, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities said it may take another five days to clear the rubble. In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report another 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry that supplies global retailers.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ? The confirmed death toll from a building collapse in Bangladesh has reached 450 with more bodies found overnight.
The rescue work is continuing Friday with cranes removing the rubble.
Maj. Gen. Chowdhury Hassan Suhwardy said rescuers were proceeding cautiously to keep bodies intact.
The official number of missing was still at 149 though unofficial estimates are higher.
Associated Press
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