Collapse In New Factory
Part of a storage area in the newly built Wing Star factory collapsed a few hours ago in Kompong Speu, some 50 Km from Phnom Penh, likely because of an overload. As of 11:00 AM 2 people were declared dead. The factory employs 8,000 workers who make sports shoes. Rescue teams arrived fairly quickly on the location, using modern equipment to disengage the victims. About 20 ambulances stood idle on the site.
(Updated 1:45 PM: it seems there are 3 dead and 7 injured. The factory manufactured Japanese ‘Asics’ sports shoes.)
(Updated 11:15 AM on May 17th: Not 3 but 2 deceased – 1 girl of 15 – and 9 injured. Added photographs to total 18)
