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Rescue teams are doing their utmost to free those trapped, but they acknowledge that reaching the victims remains a massive challenge.
The main reasons for this difficulty include:
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The 30-story building was still under construction, meaning there were no complete blueprints.
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Walls within the building are up to 1 meter thick, making excavation efforts extremely difficult.
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The collapse site remains too dangerous to use heavy excavation machinery.
As a result, rescue workers are carefully removing debris piece by piece from top to bottom.
In a related development, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration reported that as of 8 AM on April 1, the earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 had resulted in 13 deaths, 19 injuries, and dozens still missing.
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