A building in Bangkok reduced to a pile of rubble after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck nearby Myanmar
At least 144 people have been found dead and another 732 injured in Myanmar, the country’s state television network has now announced.
Terrifying footage showed the moment a 30-storey skyscraper in Bangkok came crashing down – with screaming workers seen running for their lives in a cloud of debris and dust.
The building was under construction at the time.
Panicked locals across the Thai capital – 800 miles away from the epicentre of the earthquake in Myanmar – fled buildings as the first tremors hit.
It warned that “high casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread” – and thousands of deaths are likely.
They categorised the strength of the shaking as “violent” and said there could be up to 100,000 fatalities.
Brit tourist Paul Vincent was at a streetside bar in Bangkok when the quake struck.
He said: “Everybody came on the street… there was a lot of screaming and panicking, which obviously made it a lot worse.
