Two die after walkway collapses at shoe factory in Cambodia

Cambodian soldiers try to move concrete after a walkway collapsed in a shoe factory warehouse in Kampong Speu province, west of Phnom Penh, on Thursday, May 16. Two people died and six were injured after the raised concrete walkway fell.

Cambodian rescue team and soldiers look for workers who may have been trapped by the walkway collapse at the Wing Star Shoe Co. factory on May 16.

Rescuers search for victims. The cause of the collapse is under investigation, a National Police spokesman said.

Rescue crews move concrete slabs to search for victims and survivors.

Cambodian soldiers move debris after the collapse. Shoes made by the Japanese sports apparel company Asics were in evidence at the factory.

A remnant of the collapsed walkway at the shoe factory warehouse is visible over the scene of the collapse.

Cambodia's Minister of Health Mam Bunheng visits injured workers at a hospital in Kampong Speu Province.

An injured worker receives medical treatment.

Rim Chreb lights candles on the coffin of her brother Rim Saroeun, who died in the accident.

Kim Leap grieves next to a portrait of her son Rim Saroeun. Saroun, 22, was one of eight family members who worked at the factory, a relative said.

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Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

Collapse at shoe factory in Cambodia

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Kampong Speu, Cambodia (CNN) -- Two people died after a raised concrete walkway collapsed Thursday at a shoe factory warehouse in Cambodia, police said.

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

More people could still be buried in the rubble, he said, but he added that it doesn't appear that dozens of people are trapped. Police are investigating the cause of the collapse.

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

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At the scene of Thursday's accident at the Wing Star Shoe Co. factory, rescue workers hauled away chunks of concrete from the wreckage.

Shoes made by the Japanese sports apparel company Asics were in evidence at the factory.

Asics confirmed that its products were made there but said it was still trying to gather all the facts about the collapse. The company said it was sorry to hear about the loss of life in the accident.

One of the people killed was a 22-year-old man named Reom Saroun, said his uncle, Reom Rorn.

Eight members of the family all worked at the factory, Reom Rorn said. They live in the village where it is situated.

He said had never occurred to him that such an accident could happen at the facility.

"But now I am concerned that it will happen again," he said.

Nonetheless, he and other family members plan to return to work.

"It's a job," he said, noting that the part of the factory where he works doesn't have the upper level that collapsed in the warehouse and killed his nephew.

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CNN's Junko Ogura in Tokyo contributed to this report.