1st LD Writethru: Jute factory collapses in central Bangladesh leaving 5 dead, scores of injured

At least five people have been killed and scores of others injured after roof of a tin-shed jute factory building collapsed during a storm in Bangladesh's central Faridpur district, some 101 km away from the capital Dhaka, on Sunday afternoon, official said.

A police officer told Xinhua by phone from Faridpur that "at least five workers died and 50 others were injured when the roof of the tin-shed factory fell upon them during the storm."

He said some 400 people have been working in the jute factory.

Quoting officials involved in the rescue operation which is still underway, the police officer who declined to be named feared that the death toll may increase as more people are believed to be trapped under the debris. Endit