Search on in Tampaco amid stench of death
Rescuers including army and fire service personnel continue their search operation for remains of the missing people amid stench of the dead weighing heavy in the air around the collapsed Tampaco Foils Limited in Tongi of Gazipur on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Photo: Anisur rahman
Stench of the dead weigh heavy in the air around the collapsed Tampaco Foils Limited where a search operation continued today to find remains of the missing people.
Authorities are sure they will find more dead bodies within the rubble, which would take the factory disaster death toll beyond 34, our local correspondent reports.
Some of the dead bodies trapped in the rubble will be taken out soon, said Akhteruzzaman, deputy assistant director of Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defence, this morning.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Forced to wear masks because of the stench, fire fighters this morning searched the grounds and office building at the first floor and could not find any dead bodies.
A woman on Thursday, September 15, 2016, holds a photo of her family member who went missing after the Tongi factory fire in Gazipur. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Bangladesh Army and fire service men have been carrying out salvage operation for days. Large cranes are being used to plough through the collapsed concrete rubble.
Authorities hung a board with the numbers of the dead, injured and missing people in the factory fire in Tongi of Gazipur on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Photo: Anisur Rahman
Authorities have blamed the explosion on a boiler blast. However, boiler inspectors refuse to believe that a boiler explosion could have brought down the big multistoried building.
A survivour has claimed that he could hear gas leaking and smelled its odour on the fateful day.
Debris of the factory fire that left 39 workers dead and injured many others on September 10. Star file photo
An information centre at the factory fire spot. Photo: Anisur Rahman
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