Myanmar-Thailand earthquake stay updates: Myanmar earthquake demise toll rises to greater than 1,000 as seek for survivors continues

Panisa Aemocha
Reporting from Bangkok

Extra now from Bangkok, as one of many rescue staff on the website of the collapsed unfinished high-rise has been talking to the BBC.

“We have now responded to a number of constructing collapses earlier than, however this is likely one of the largest we’ve encountered. The variety of injured and trapped victims is greater than in earlier circumstances,” Pakkapol Metheepakdi says.

Regardless of steady efforts, the unstable construction and deep layers of rubble have considerably slowed down operations.

“Final evening we estimated that 98 folks had been lacking,” he says, however provides “we nonetheless don’t know precisely what number of are trapped.”

Particular sound finding gear has been used to find the survivors who’re calling for assist by knocking or shouting, however reaching them stays a problem.

Metheepakdi describes a person who had been injured whereas fleeing the collapse who spent the evening ready for his trapped good friend.

“His eyes had been crammed with sorrow. He was ready, hoping,” he says. “He was right here all evening however disappeared this morning. We don’t know the place he went, however he was clearly ready for his good friend to be rescued.”