Bangkok city administration began clearing debris from a tower that crashed in last week’s earthquake, as hopes of finding survivors among the dozens of workers feared still trapped was all but over.

Tremors from a massive earthquake in Myanmar flattened a building in Bangkok on March 28, 2025. As search and rescue operations entered their fifth day, footage of a person trapped in the rubble spread on Thai social media alongside claims that workers found a new survivor.

Last Friday's strong earthquake in Myanmar reached as far as neighboring Thailand, where it sent a skyscraper under construction crashing down.

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at least 2,

Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs. Investigators also said they found substandard steel bars in the rubble.

Officers questioned four Chinese men who were found removing 32 files from containers behind the collapsed building, a police official said.

The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has called for full cooperation with the Thai authorities’ investigation into the State Audit Office collapse.

Several people were killed in a building collapse and dozens more were missing as of Friday evening in Thailand, the authorities said.

The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.

Poorly paid migrant workers from Myanmar have built many of Bangkok’s glittering high-rises, including the one that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake.