Rescue workers are seen at the scene of a collapsed cement factory in the port town of Mongla, southwest of Dhaka, March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Khairuzzaman Jasim
DHAKA (Reuters) - Rescuers in Bangladesh searched through the wreckage of a factory warehouse on Friday, a day after it collapsed killing at least seven people, but far fewer people were trapped than an initial estimate of 100.
Soldiers and sailors in the port town of Mongla helped emergency services search through rubble of the cement factory warehouse and pull out nearly 50 survivors as well as two more bodies overnight.
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