‘Rescuers ran for safety as storm hit’

The rescue work at the Rana Plaza collapse site at Savar has resumed amid rain after a wave of seasonal storm.

Savar Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 27 April 2013, 11:38 AM
Updated : 27 April 2013, 11:38 AM

bdnews24.com Correspondent Selim Ahmed reported rescuers had to run for safety as the storm started around 9:35pm Saturday. The rescue work was off for 15 minutes due to this, he said.

Rescue efforts had faced a temporary halt due to rain in the noon as well.

Fire Service and Civil Defence Director Maj Mohammad Mahbub had told bdnews24.com then that the rescue operation would continue amid rain.

Meanwhile, the rescuers found four women alive on the second floor of the collapsed building around 10pm.

One of them is Fajila Khatun of Dinajpur’s Mirzapur. His brother Akter Hossain said he spoke with his sister over phone via rescuers.

Around same time, another woman was rescued from the rubble of the nine-storied building which collapsed on Wednesday morning with over 3,000 people inside.

The Meteorological Department says there is a strong possibility of Dhaka region facing a wave of storm and rain until Sunday noon.

The Bangladesh Army, which is leading the rescue operation, has declared that the operation would continue until the last alive person was rescued.

Since Wednesday, around 350 dead bodies have been recovered from the debris while 2,500 people were rescued alive.