The 2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse or Spectrum garment factory collapse was a structural failure that occurred on Monday, 11 April 2005 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh where a nine-story commercial building collapsed. The site is located about 30 km northwest of Dhaka. The explosion of a boiler on the ground floor triggered the collapse. The owner of the building was Shahriar Sayeed Husain, a Bangladeshi businessman. He is married to Farah Mahbub, a judge of Bangladesh High Court.
See also
2025 Dhaka garment factory fire 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire Pakistan garment factory fires (2012) 2013 Savar building collapse – another garment factory collapse in Dhaka Thane building collapse (2013) Accord on Factory and Building Safety in Bangladesh Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety
References
Further reading Spectrum collapse related news on Clean Cloths Campaign.
External links Interviews with workers, survivors on 1 June 2005