PUBLISHED: 11 Apr 2025 at 15: 06
The diagnosis of a mild, possible from a cellular phone, has reignited hopes of finding victims in the collapsed federal building in Bangkok’s Chatuchak area.
The 2.14-billion-baht State Audit Office ( SAO ) skyscraper collapsed in seconds due to the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in central Myanmar on March 28.
Pakamol Metheepakdee, a recovery volunteer with the Phetkasem Foundation, said his staff was alerted to indications of victims in the aircraft at 6am on Friday. They received data that light signs, probably from a cellular phone, had been detected.
According to Mr Pakamol, firefighters working in Zone C, using large equipment, heard the sound of an Android mobile booting up while passing a hollow in Zone B. The noise is believed to have come from a 50-centimetre room originally located in images.
Upon further research, volunteers spotted a bright light and requested a micro-camera from the USAR group, which confirmed the sun’s life. But, when they asked the sun’s source to shift for verification, there was no response. It was only when they requested the light been turned off and on that they received conformity.
More images indicated the possible presence of two individual bodies about 1 and 3 feet above ground level, but firefighters have refrained from labelling these results as individuals.
Volunteers use heavy equipment to clear dust at quake-hit tower in Chatuchak area, Bangkok, on Friday. ( Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill )
Individuals are properly removing dust by side from the area and using a pump to provide air to the chamber.
The building’s programs suggest a plate may become facilitating the place now being excavated, but the need to cut through material structures has slowed their development, Mr Pakamol said.
Rescuers are still looking for 67 people still missing from the collapse, which killed 27 people and injured nine, according to the latest update on Friday by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ).