Bangladesh building collapse kills at least 76 garment workers Link to video: Dhaka building collapse kills dozens in Bangladesh At least 76 garment workers have been confirmed dead in Bangladesh after an eight-storey building containing clothing manufacturing units collapsed. Mohammed Neazuddin, the health secretary, confirmed the death toll and police said hundreds of people remain trapped under the rubble. The building in Savar, about 12 miles (20km) north of Dhaka, the capital, collapsed at 9am on Wednesday after workers had started production at the building. An official of a nearby hospital, where most of the injured were taken, said most of the dead appeared to be female workers. Bangladesh army units and fire service personnel are conducting rescue operations with the help from local volunteers. An official of the fire service said they had rescued about 1,000 people from under the rubble. Locals complained that the owner of the building had kept it open even after engineers had ordered the building to be evacuated on Tuesday. Dilara Begum, a garment worker who survived the accident, said workers were ordered to leave after a crack appeared in the wall of the building on Tuesday. But on Wednesday morning supervisors had asked them to return to work, saying the building had been inspected and was safe. "The whole world seemed to shake and then all was dark," said Begum, who worked at the Phantom apparels factory on the fourth floor of the building. She said she was pulled out by locals. The commercial building called Rana Plaza had developed cracks at about 9am on Tuesday. The building housed four garment factories, where an estimated 5,000 workers were employed, a bank and some shops. The bank had pulled its employees on Tuesday, locals said. The incident is the latest in a series of industrial accidents in Bangladesh. In November, a fire at the Tazreen Fashions Limited factory killed 111 workers. An inquiry committee blamed the factory management for criminal negligence. In 2005, the Spectrum sweater factory in Dhaka collapsed, killing 64 and injuring 80.