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.
Damage was reported to buildings across Bangkok after the 7.7-magnitude quake, including a 30-storey under-construction skyscraper that collapsed in the city's north.
All flights in and out of the Thai capital are operating normally following a strong earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar that rattled Bangkok, the civil aviation department said on Friday.
The situation in Bangkok remains serious following an earthquake in Myanmar, but no state of emergency has been declared in the Thai capital, Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Friday.
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