3 Bangladeshi workers dead in Malaysia building collapse

At least three Bangladeshi workers died, two were critically injured, and four remain missing after a building collapsed in the Bayan Lepas area of Malaysia's Penang at around 9:48pm on Tuesday.

A beam of the warehouse construction site fell and brought down 14 other beams along with the nine workers who were working on the first level of the structure 18 metres above ground level, according to Malay Mail.

Two workers were found dead at the scene, one died on the way to the hospital and two were seriously injured. All of the victims are Bangladeshi workers aged between 22 and 46 years old.

The country's Fire and Rescue Department on Wednesday said they were trying to recover four victims trapped underneath the rubble. An official said the four victims are believed to be trapped under the hardened concrete as they were believed to be mixing the cement when the incident happened.