The more than 30-storey building was under construction and when the tremor hit it pancaked on top of itself, creating a cloud of dust and debris that engulfed the surrounding streets while trapping dozens of workers beneath. He thinks about 80 per cent of the people working on the site were migrants, mostly from neighbouring Myanmar, which has been in the midst of a devastating and bloody civil war since 2021, and has now borne the brunt of the earthquake's devastation. Search dogs have been through the site, drones and robots are being used as part of the rescue efforts, and the Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt announced that X-ray machinery from Israel was due to arrive overnight to help find any more survivors in the debris.
Author: Kathleen Calderwood
Published at: 2025-03-29 21:09:51
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