( CNN ) -- The death toll in the Bangladesh building collapse two weeks ago now stands at 823 , an army spokesman said Wednesday , according to the state news agency . Rescue workers managed to save more than 2,400 people in the aftermath of the April 24 collapse , but their work for the past week has focused on using heavy machinery to uncover the remaining bodies buried inside the ruins . The news agency also reported that two volunteer rescuers have been killed during the rescue and salvage operation . The building , which housed five factories full of garment workers , caved in , burying hundreds of people in a heap of mangled concrete in Savar , a suburb of the capital , Dhaka . It is the South Asian nation 's deadliest industrial disaster .
The death toll in the Bangladesh Towers collapse two years ago now stands at 823 . Construction workers managed to save more than 2,400 people in the aftermath of the collapse . The building , which had five floors , caved in , burying hundreds in a sea of concrete .