Nyein Chan Naing / Epa
Searches for about 70 missing continue, while the armed struggle does not agree with temporary respite.
A man was rescued this Wednesday with the life of the rubble in Myanmar (former Burma), Five days after the earthquake who killed at least 2,700 people in the country, announced the firefighters.
O young man, at the age of 26, He was rescued by a team of Burmese and Turks rescuers from a ruined hotel in the Naypyidaw capital around 12:30 am (19h00 on Tuesday in Lisbon), firefighters and rescue services and the Military Junta in Power in Myanmar said. The man was buried for almost 108 hours.
According to, the disaster victim was Weak, covered with dust, but conscious. He was in the rubble of the hotel where he worked in the country’s capital, Naypyidaw.
However, the operation continues while look for a second person, According to a statement published by the Myanmar Fire Department on Facebook social network, where they shared images of the rescue, which had help from a Turkish team and It took more than 9 hours.
Currently, 25 search and rescue teams from 13 countries are operating in Myanmar, while efforts to rescue people arrested under buildings that have ruined.
The head of the Military Junta, General Min Aung Hlaing, said on Tuesday, in a forum in the capital, Naypyidaw, that 2,719 people were found deadwith 4,521 injured and 441 missing, according to the US Associated Press (AP) news agency.
According to experts, the probability of finding survivors dramatically decreases after 72 hours.
The earthquake also shook neighboring Thailand and caused a building to fall under construction, burialing many workers.
Search Dand 70 people remain missing Under the rubble, with no signs of life detected in the last 24 hours, after confirming the death of 15 more people.
“This is a rescue operation focused on saving lives. In rescue operations, the limit is 72 hours, but in many cases people can survive up to five or six days,” said the governor of the Thai capital Chadchart Sittipunt, almost 120 hours after the incident.
The balance in Bangkok was today 29 dead and 34 injured, 22 of which at the construction site.
The UN said on Tuesday that it has been able to mobilize vital aid to the affected population in Myanmar, without blockages of the parties involved in the ongoing civil war since the military seized power in 2021.
Crack? Not an earthquake brings them
O Myanmar Military Junta Head rejected a truce announced by the Burmese rebel alliance In response to Friday’s earthquake, saying that the military would continue their “defensive operations.”
“We know that some armed ethnic groups are not currently fighting, but they are organizing and training for attacks, so the army will continue their necessary defensive operations,” said Min Aung Hlaing on Tuesday in the capital, Naypyidaw, in a speech quoted today by official media.
The alliance composed of the Army of the National Democratic Covenant, the Taang National Liberation Army and the Arakan Army announced on Tuesday Unilateral and temporary ceasefire.
