Recovery cannot start until more debris is cleared from neighborhood
PUBLISHED: 5 Apr 2025 at 20: 35
Another system has been spotted beneath the dust of the fell State Audit Office in Bangkok, but it cannot be retrieved until more dust is cleared, authorities said on Saturday.
Firefighters have been working hard to unearth Zone C of the page in Chatuchak area, as it is believed to be the place where some people ran from as the tower collapsed during the disaster on March 28.
Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, a spokesman of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ), said a backhoe was being used to dig a hole in Zone C, which was linked to the building’s car park floors. It is possible that the body of some of the employees who were fleeing during the decline may be found it, he said.
A total of 79 people are still unknown for at the page where the 30-storey building collapsed.
A little shovel has been deployed to Zone B but a larger one is needed to reduce the dust pile and reduce the challenges for firefighters who may attempt to retrieve bodies of missing people there, said the official.
At about 2.30am, Mr Aekvarunyoo received a report that a body had been spotted trapped under the rubble in Zone B, but rescuers were unable to go inside yet.
The BMA’s Erawan Medical Emergency Centre reported on Saturday evening that the confirmed death toll at the site stood at 15 and the number of injured was 19. Of the injured, 11 have been discharged from hospitals, leaving 8 being treated.