Five people died and more than 30 were injured when an under-construction cement factory collapsed in Bangladesh on Thursday, local police station commander Mohammed Bilayat Hussain told BuzzFeed News.
Hussain also told Reuters: "There were about 150 people, including workers, inside the factory building when it collapsed."
The factory is located in the port town of Mongla 335 km – about 210 miles – southwest of the country's capital Dhaka.
District administration official Mohammed Abdus Samad said the priority for the rescuers — which include firemen, soldiers and sailors — was rescuing survivors from the debris, according to Reuters.
"There are more bodies inside the debris. We're trying to recover the living people first," Samad said.
The country has a poor record of building safety. In 2013, 1,130 died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex outside the capital, Dhaka.
Additional reporting by Rega Jha.
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