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TITLE: Bangladesh building disaster death toll over 800

WHEN: 24 April 2013


WHO: Over 800 people in Bangladesh

WHERE: In  Bangladesh

WHAT: Over 800 people have died and 2,500 survived after a clothing factory collapsed in  Bangladesh.  The police have said the number of dead people will increases in the next couple of days. The building was eight stories high when it fell.  

WHY or HOW it happened: The factory had not been designed to handle heavy industrial equipment it was designed as a shopping mall.  What also had been discovered that there were three floors that had been added to the building illegally.
What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this article? That you should not add anything that you're not supposed to add to a building and it could be unsafe.


List 2 new words you have found in this article, then write their meanings.
Architect- An architect is a person trained and licensed to plan,design and oversee the construction of buildings.

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