More recently, in February this year, another building collapse in New Delhi killed two.
' And they made that decision to pull and we watched the building collapse.
Pope Francis has denounced as "slave labour" the conditions of workers caught in a deadly building collapse in Bangladesh last week.
Both companies said Monday they would pay compensation to victims of the building collapse and urged other retailers to follow suit.
Events like this week's deadly building collapse in Rio don't help.
The BBC's Zubair Ahmed in Mumbai says authorities in Maharashtra state have launched an anti-corruption drive after 74 people were killed in a recent building collapse there.
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One poll taken after the building collapse in Bangladesh found that 30% of Americans said that buying clothes made under safe working conditions is very important to them.
Among its innovations: a sensor that warns firefighters of an impending building collapse, lighter breathing apparatus and a computer chip that monitors firefighters' vital signs inside a burning building.
The deadly apparel-plant fires in Bangladesh last year and last month's building collapse, which killed more than 800 people, revealed safety hazards, labor-rights violations and unauthorized subcontracting of Western brands' orders.
The country's powerful garment industry has been plagued by a series of disasters in recent months, including a November fire at the Tazreen factory that killed 112 and the building collapse.
The deadly apparel-plant fires in Bangladesh last year and last month's building collapse, which killed more than 700 people, revealed safety hazards, labor-rights violations and unauthorized subcontracting of Western brands' orders.
In the wake of tragedies such as yesterday's building collapse, the Tazreen fire in November, and the nearby Spectrum factory collapse some years ago, something must be done to make a change.
Proponents of a self-regulatory system for foreign apparel companies and factories to improve safety for garment workers in Bangladesh are hoping that the initiative will get fresh impetus after the building collapse.
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The moves come as the world's largest retailers face pressure to increase their oversight of factory conditions in Bangladesh following a building collapse on April 24 that killed more than 1, 110 workers there.
The Cambodian incidents follow several more-deadly accidents in Bangladesh, where more than 1, 000 people died in a garment building collapse last month and others have perished in garment factory fires over the past year.
To be able to see a building collapse as if one is watching an adventure film is far more tolerable than immediately grasping that the victims are mothers, father, sisters, brothers, neighbors, friends, fellow citizens.
The bank employee, who asked not to named, said many people in Dhaka were angry about the violence, particularly as the city is still mourning the recent loss of more than 600 workers in a building collapse.
The building collapse represents the third major industrial incident in five months in the country, following two deadly fires last year that killed more than 100 people in total and prompted Western brands to re-examine safety measures.
Last week's building collapse in Bangladesh that killed hundreds of clothing factory workers put a spotlight on the sobering fact that people in poor countries often risk their lives working in unsafe factories to make the cheap T-shirts and underwear that Westerners covet.
The recent spate of accidents in the garment trade, especially in Bangladesh, where in addition to the building collapse more than 100 have also died in factory fires over the past year has led labor unions and worker-safety groups to press Western retailers to tighten oversight of their supply chains.
But the local council, whose engineers inspected the building before the collapse, said the engineers had previously warned the building was unsafe.
The whole building did not collapse yet, I do not know what is going on inside.
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However, the shop closed in April 1998 when the building began to collapse because of old mine workings.
Fife Council's chief executive has been asked to investigate alleged leaks of confidential information to the press, following a building firm's collapse.
On Wednesday morning, he and a number of factory managers ordered nervous workers into the building shortly before the collapse, according to the neighbor, who was present at the scene, and local press reports.
Just a day before the collapse, the building was briefly evacuated when cracks appeared in the walls.
Steve Thomas, from Greater Manchester Fire Service, said there was a collapse in the building, with some demolition work required.
Dave Janes, from the fire service, said the collapse of the building was likely to hamper the investigation into how the fire started.
The explosion caused the whole building and residential houses to collapse.
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