Video footage released on April 2 by Myanmar’s fire department showed what they say is a man being pulled out alive from the rubble of a hotel in Naypyidaw more than 100 hours after a deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook the country to its core.
The video showed the conscious survivor lying underground while rescuers worked to eventually pull him above ground through a small hole and place him on a stretcher.
The caption posted with the video via the department’s official Facebook page said the person, one of two people trapped in the lower two floors of the six-storey Hotel Aye Chan Thar building in Uttar Thiri Township in Naypyidaw, was rescued alive at 12.30 am on Wednesday (1800GMT Tuesday).
Reuters was not able to independently verify the location and date of this video. Efforts are underway to provide critical support to those affected by the disaster. Rescue teams, sniffer dogs, and paramedics are working day and night in Myanmar after a devastating earthquake struck the war-torn nation.
The earthquake last Friday (March 28) has killed at least 2,719 people. It is the strongest to hit the Southeast Asian country in more than a century, toppling ancient pagodas and modern buildings alike.
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