PUBLISHED: 30 Mar 2025 at 05: 16
Vital signs of 15 people trapped in the fell State Audit Office building in Chatuchak city were detected Saturday, raising hope that volunteers may keep them within 72 hours.
The death toll from the tower decline stands at nine, while 78 people remain missing and their names unsubstantiated, said the Metropolitan Police Bureau.
Suriyan Rawiwan, chairman of the Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department, said on Saturday volunteers have detected vital signs for 15 people trapped in the 30-storey tower, still under development when it came down. Heavy equipment has been deployed to clear dust and getting rescue teams to the sufferers.
” Rescue time is set at 72 hours, as]starvation ] and dehydration are possible. Patients risk horror and dying if save takes longer”, Mr Suriyan said. The division aims to do the recovery operation within 48 hours. Important indications were detected for trapped people who were in groups of three to seven under the wreckage.
Water and food products have not yet reached the regions where signs of life were detected, as they are about three feet deep, Mr Suriyan said.
Bangkok government Chadchart Sittipunt inspected the collapse page on Saturday night and said that crane trucks did lift dirt and practical segments from the webpage.
The building, located on an 11-rai page on Kamphaeng Phet Road in Chatuchak area, came crashing down following a 7.7-magnitude disaster in Myanmar on Friday evening. Job began on the 2.1-billion-baht tower in 2020, and the building had reached its highest surface.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is sending 130 charity professionals to assess high-rise properties in the money. About 200 complexes need to be assessed, especially in Din Daeng and Huai Khwang regions. Two condominium complexes in D Phrao may become evacuated due to safety concerns, said Mr Chadchart.