First deaths confirmed as ‘mass casualty’ quake hits Myanmar, Thailand

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On Friday, a powerful earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand killed more than 20 people, destroying buildings and bridges, and trapping more than 80 workers in a Sky Scraper under construction in Bangkok.

The magnitude 7.7 earthquake targeted the northwest of the city of Sagang in central Myanmar, and a few minutes later, a 6.4 magnitude aftershock followed it.

The devastation of the earthquake indicated a rare request for international assistance to Myanmar’s isolated military Junta, which lost the area’s places from armed groups. The emergency was declared among the six worst affected areas.

A doctor told AFP on condition of anonymity, “about 20 people” were confirmed dead at a Napido hospital.

Three people were confirmed dead in the collapse of a skyscraper across the Thai border, with 81 more missing and believed that the under construction building was trapped in the twisted metal and debris.

Myanmar endured the tremors of the earthquake, in which hundreds of casualties were flooding at a hospital in the capital Napido. The Emergency Department had fallen on a car, in which physics were treating outside patients.

A hospital official told reporters: “This is a massive area of ​​accident.”

A doctor told AFP, “I had never seen something like this before. We are trying to handle the situation. I am very tired now.”

AFP reporters saw Jinta’s Chief Man Ang Hilang arriving at the hospital when the ruling army demanded foreign assistance.

“We want the international community to provide humanitarian aid as soon as possible,” Jinta’s spokesman Zhun Tun told AFP at the hospital.

The rare application from Jinta increases the possibility that with Myanmar’s medical system and infrastructure, damage and casualties suffer from damage and casualties, which ends four years of civil war.

Flick Bose building ends

In Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Phamtam Vichyychi told reporters that at least three workers were killed, 81 more trapped, when it was widely removed after the collapse of a building near the Chicutchk market.

An AFP photographer at the scene said the rescue was conducting a survey of debris and twisted metal confusion for the search for the survivors.

“I heard people say ‘help my help’, saying,” I have heard people, “told AFP.

“We guess hundreds of people are injured,” he said.

Bangkok and Cheng Mai’s northern tourist destination, where electricity went out shortly, was snatched out by surprised residents, not sure how to respond to an extraordinary earthquake.

“I quickly went out of the shop with other consumers,” said 76 -year -old Sai, who was working in a chewing Mai mantest when the shop began to shake.

“It experiences the strongest earthquake in his life.”

Damaged buildings

Thai Prime Minister Patungan Shinawatra announced an emergency zone in Bangkok, where some metro and light rail services were suspended, which further stripped the city’s infamous traffic.

The streets of the capital were full of passengers who were trying to walk home, or just taking refuge in the entrances of malls and office buildings.

Parks will be open overnight for those unable to sleep in the house, city officials said.

The earthquake was felt throughout the region, all reporting earthquakes were reported with China, Cambodia, Bangladesh and India.

India, France and the European Union all offered to provide assistance.

In a direct series broadcast by Beijing News, on the Chinese border with Myanmar, a dozen emergency workers have been shown in the streets spread along the masonry in the city of Rolly, with a dozen emergency workers in the rolly city.

According to the Geological Survey of the United States (USGS), earthquakes are relatively common in Myanmar, where between 1930 and 1956, six strong earthquakes of 7.0 intensity or more, which lead to the north -south from the middle of the country, according to the Geological Survey of the United States (USGS).

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the ancient capital Bagan in central Myanmar killed three people in 2016, which dropped the spiers on the tourist destination and fell to the walls of the temple.

Pakistan is saddened by the deadly earthquake

Pakistan expressed deep grief over the devastating earthquake of Myanmar, Thailand and neighboring countries.

“Our views are with everyone affected by this tragedy, and we are praying for the immediate recovery of the injured,” a Foreign Office spokesman said in a press statement.

Pakistan also praised the brave people and emergency respondents who were working diligently on the ground to provide rescue and relief efforts. “His bravery and determination are really commendable during this essential time.”

“We express our solidarity with the affected governments and communities during this challenging period,” the statement added. Strength and flexibility can affect these people towards healing and rehabilitation. “