Three dead and more than 80 people trapped in a Bangkok building after the earthquake

At least three people died and more than 80 are trapped after a building in Bangkok has collapsed after an earthquake of Magnitude 7.7 Burma has shaken that and felt strongly in Thailand, who has explained the state of emergency.

The governor of Bangkok, Chadchart Sittipunt, has coded in three the number of deaths in the sunken building that was located in the final phase of construction in the Chatuchak area, where there is a popular and tourist street market.

Moreover, the Governor said that 83 people were stuck in the building, while the Thai Vice Primeer Minister, Phumham Wechahaacachai, said that 81 were trapped according to the estimates made after a first inspection.

For its part, the National Institute of Emergency Medicine (IME) of Bangkok said in a statement that was injured at least 50 in the same place.

The authorities, with data from the construction company, have reported that 320 people were within work when he collapsedAnd that 20 employees “are trapped in the hole of a lift.”

The nearby streets, closed for vehicle traffic, are full of cement fabric and there are dozens of ambulances and soldiers, while the tower that collapsed has been completely demolished.

Firefighters and rescue equipment are at the place where the Department of Medical Services has installed a campaign hospital to undergo the wounded.

The Prime Minister of Thailand, Paetongtran Shinatra, has explained the state of emergency in the capital, where countless residential buildings and offices in Bangkok were temporarily evacuated, more than 600 kilometers from the Epicenter.

All metro and lighttraillins are also temporarily suspended. The Thai weather department has warned Possible replicas And the population is recommended outdoors.

The Tremor is registered at 12:50 Local time (6: 20–T) 10 kilometers deep and the epicenter is about 17 kilometers from Mandalay, the second city of the Asian country with 1.2 million inhabitants, the Geological Service of the United States has reported that measures the Seism activities around the world.

Humanitarian sources on site reported that many buildings collapsed into Mandalay, while a monastery collapsed in the city of Taungoo and 20 children were trapped. In the city of Sagaing, a bridge has completely sunk, according to the same source.