43 trapped as Bangkok skyscraper collapses after quake

28 Mar 2025 • 4:20 PM MYT
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By: AFP

BANGKOK: A 30-storey skyscraper under construction for government offices collapsed in Bangkok on Friday, trapping 43 workers, police and medics said, after the city was rocked by a strong earthquake.

The building in the north of the Thai capital was reduced to a tangle of rubble and twisted metal in seconds after the 7.7-magnitude quake, which had its epicentre in Myanmar.

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