MOSCOW, May 6 (RIA Novosti) - Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse in late April totaled 610, while rescuers continue clearing the rubble, BBC reported on Sunday.
At least 3,000 people were working in garment factories in the eight-storey Rana Plaza building in Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, when it caved in on April 24.
BBC reported citing head of a government inquiry team Main Uddin Khandaker that vibrations from four generators located on upper floors caused the building to collapse.
The agency also cited the architect of the building as saying that the facility was designed to house offices rather than garment factories, while three upper floors were added to the original building illegally.
The building reportedly housed at least five garment factories and some 300 shops that employed nearly 6,000 people in total. Survivors of the tragedy said earlier they were afraid to enter the building when cracks appeared in supporting structures a day before the incident.
Shops and banks were reportedly closed for safety reasons on the same day, but garment factory workers were forced to return to their workplaces.
The owner of the Rana Plaza building was arrested last week on charges of using second-rate materials in the construction of the facility that was put in operation in 2006.
