BANGKOK: Myanmar’s military rulers allowed hundreds of foreign rescue workers to enter the country on Saturday after more than 1,600 people died in an earthquake, the deadliest natural disaster to hi
t the poor, war-torn nation in years.
In neighbouring Thailand, where the quake shook buildings and brought down a skyscraper under construction in the capital, Bangkok, at least nine people were killed.Survivors in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, dug with their bare hands on Friday in a desperate attempt to save those still trapped as there was a lack of heavy machinery.
A day after a rare plea for international assistance, Myanmar’s junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, visited hard-hit Mandalay near the epicentre of the quake, which toppled buildings and started fires in some areas. “It was a nightmare, I am still scared,” said Kyaw Moe Aung, who witnessed the collapse of a condominium in Mandalay’s Aungmyaythazan township, his home town. “Hundreds of buildings collapsed”, and “there were several aftershocks until late at night,” he said, reported Bloomberg.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said a safety audit of government and public buildings had been ordered.
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