Rescue teams are using dogs, drones, a thermographic camera to detect body heat and digitizations to three dimensions of the structure to locate people
Searches for possible survivors between the rubble of a building under construction in the Thai capital Banguecoque continues this Monday, 72 hours since the collapse caused by an earthquake on Friday.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt visited the affected area to observe the search and rescue efforts of 78 construction workers who are still missing, according to the latest official data.
Sittipunt said three or four “vital signs”, which he described as weak, were detected through sensors, and stressed that the collapse occurred during the evacuation of the shipyard, so experts believe that many of the missing may be on the emergency stairs.
“This is considered a potentially positive sign, since the structure of the ladder is reinforced, almost like a protective enclosure. The ladder contains stacked floors and internal cavities, which can provide adequate spaces for survival,” he noted.
The governor of the capital emphasized the importance of the 72 -hour period as crucial to finding living people under the huge lot of cement, iron and glass left by the collapse of this 30 -story building located in the north of the capital, near the Chatuchak tourist market.
Rescue teams are using dogs, drones, a thermographic camera to detect body heat and digitizations to three dimensions of the structure to locate people.
A team of US soldiers specializing in rescue is already on site, while more international rescue teams are expected to arrive today to help in the complex mission.
To date, the emergency teams have recovered 11 bodies in this place.
Due to the shaking, at least 18 people died, another 33 were injured and 78 are missing in Bangcoque, the capital of Thailand, according to the latest balance of local authorities, released on Sunday.
The magnitude 7.7 earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded at 6:20 am (Lisbon time) on Friday and caused more than 1,700 dead in Myanmar (formerly Burma), the country’s military junta said today
Government spokesman controlled by the board, Major General Zaw Min Tun, told Burmese state broadcaster MRTV that another 3,400 people were injured and more than 300 are still missing.
The previous balance, also made by the military junta that since the 2021 coup d’état has the power in Myanmar, pointed to 1,644 dead, 3,408 injured and 139 missing.
A team of specialists in natural catastrophs of the Japanese government will come to Myanmar today to evaluate the damage caused by the earthquake.
Also today, China sent to Myanmar the first batch of humanitarian aid, which includes first aid tents, blankets and equipment.
