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House collapse kills 7 in Bangladesh capital

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Press Trust of India Dhaka
At least seven persons, including four of a family, were today killed as a two-storeyed tin-shed house built on a marshy land collapsed here.

Rescuers feared more bodies to be trapped inside the shanty-like structure in Rampura area that stood on bamboo poles on a water body with 28 people living in it, police said.

"Seven bodies were retrieved so far, four of them are members of a single family," a TV channel quoted rescuers as saying.

A salvage operation was underway since the house caved in this afternoon.

TV footage lower storey of the structure sucked in by the mud in the algae-filled water body.
 

"We have retrieved several people alive and sent them to hospitals for treatment," a fire service official said.

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First Published: Apr 15 2015 | 6:57 PM IST

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