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43 trapped as Bangkok skyscraper collapses after quake

Published: 28 Mar 2025 - 11:41 am | Last Updated: 28 Mar 2025 - 11:48 am
Rescue teams are seen at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

Rescue teams are seen at a construction site where a building collapsed in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP

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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.