2 die after walkway collapses at shoe factory in Cambodia

Cambodian soldiers try to move concrete after a shoe factory collapse in Kampong Speu province on May 16.

 

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Two people have died after a raised concrete walkway collapsed Thursday in a shoe factory warehouse in Cambodia, police said.

 

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Another six people were injured by the fallen walkway in the warehouse adjoining the factory, which is situated south of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, said National Police Spokesman Kirt Chantharith.

 

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More people could still be buried in the rubble, he said, but added that it doesn't appear at this point that there are dozens of people trapped.

The deaths at the Cambodian facility come as safety conditions in the garment industry in Asia are under the spotlight following the devastating collapse of a nine-story building housing textile factories in Bangladesh last month. That disaster killed 1,127 people.