The worker was rescued, but his brother and friends are trapped

Worker Khan Aung He saved himself from death, but his brother was under the rubble of the skyscrapers under construction Bangkok, TendiaThe earthquake collapsed on Friday in Burma.

Khan Aung left the work minutes before the “flashing” collapse. But the uncertain amount of his brother and many friends distort the joy of survival.

Khan Aung, born in Burma, ended his role at 1:00 pm. Twenty minutes later, around a strong earthquake of 7.7 degrees Richter, with the earthquake center in his country of origin, a thousand kilometers away, Bangkok worked into ruins.

I cannot describe what I feel. “Everything has happened in flash,” explained by Khain Aung. All my friends and brother were there when it collapsed. I have no words. “

Jin Aung says he left the work when he entered his brother. They crossed at the door. Soon after the Earth began to tremble.

I am a tall video of my brother and friends. I couldn’t see his face and listen to the fact that he was running. I lost the invitation and the building collapsed. “

The authorities indicate that a hundred workers have been arrested in the rubble dough. Bangkok records six dead and 22 injuries.

Khan Aung and his brother were working in Bangkok for six months.

I heard that they sent 20 workers to the hospital. If they are there, I have hope. If they are under this building, there is no hope to survive. “

The numbers rise

1,644 deaths and 3 thousand 408 wounded left the earthquake in Burma.

The tremor was very severe because it happened at a shallow depth and felt in Thailand and China.

The closure of the Mandalaay Airport in Burma can complicate the rescue operations in a country where the war jumped the health system and where the army is isolated in power from the rest of the world.

Russia, China, India, or Vietnam sent rescue experts teams to Burma.

The European Union has announced 2.5 million euros to help those affected by the earthquake. The UK government said it would send 10 million pounds “to help provide a humanitarian response.”

Stronger

1. Valvia, Chile; May 22, 1960 (9.5 degrees): at least 1655 dead.

2. Alaska, European Union; March 27, 1964 (9.2 degrees): It lasted 4.5 minutes, but there were only 131 deaths.

3. Sumatra, Indonesia; December 26, 2004 (9.1 degrees): Causing 240,000 deaths.

4. Tuoku, Japan; March 11, 2011 (9.0 degrees): 15,893 people left.

5. Kamchcka, Siberia; November 4, 1952 (9.0 degrees): caused many tsamot, but without death.

The moment of tragedy. A video posted on Facebook shows workers running from the 30 -year -old building, which collapses in seconds in Bangkok after Telluric. Pictures: AFP

Scientists explain the damage of the earthquake

Burma is located in an area where the Indian tectonic plate in the Indians joins the eurosiyat (a mistake similar to the size of San André in California). Therefore, it records strong earthquakes.

In this Asian country, in conflicts for years, the level of application of construction standards is very low, according to Ian Watsens, of the Royal Earth Sciences Department, at the University of London.

While the city of Bangkok, “although it is far from active failures, its soft soil enlarges shaking,” as Christian Mlaga Chuktipe explains, from the Imperial College in London.

In his opinion, construction techniques in Bangkok prefer “flat panels”, in which the soil is still only with columns without using reinforcement symptoms, such as the schedule that is only supported by legs. This is a “problematic design”.

He explains that the buildings built with this technique “act poorly in earthquakes, and often collapse in fragile and suddenly.”

Ilan Kilman, an expert in university university disasters at the University of London, recalls that the usual mantra is that “earthquakes do not kill, the collapse of the infrastructure is killed.”

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