Death toll in Bangkok earthquake rises to 10

The number of victims as a result of the earthquake collapse of a 30-storey building under construction in Bangkok has grown to 10 people. This was reported on March 28 by the Thai state TV channel Thai PBS.

"At 23:00 Bangkok time (19:00 Moscow time) rescuers found 10 dead bodies, 16 people were found alive but injured, 101 people are considered missing," the Facebook channel said in a statement (the social network belongs to Meta Corporation, is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

Work continues at the site of the collapse.

Powerful earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand: there are dead due to the collapse of buildings

The consequences of the rampant disaster were felt by several countries in the region

Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 were recorded in Myanmar, neighboring Thailand, earlier in the day, and subsequently fluctuations reached Bangkok and its environs. Thai Prime Minister Phethong Thang Shinawatra has declared a state of emergency in the country's capital. Later it was reported that the death toll in Myanmar as a result of the earthquake rose to 144.

The Russian Embassy in Thailand reported that it had not received information about Russian citizens injured in the earthquake. It was noted that the Russian representative office maintains contact with local authorities.