Tonnes of concrete came crashing down

Search for life: K9 unit at the site of the building collapse. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: It was a three-storey logistics complex, a fast-track project, with the builders given permission to work round the clock.

And as Bangladeshis worked with wet concrete on the first floor of the building in Bayan Lepas at about 9.45pm on Tuesday, the structure – including a 33-tonne beam – collapsed, taking the workers down with it.