BANGKOK (Reuters) -Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at least 2,

At least 15 people are thought to still be alive and trapped under the rubble of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Rescuers say they have detected signs of life and communicated with some survivors under the 10-storey tall mountain of debris.

Several people were killed in a building collapse and dozens more were missing as of Friday evening in Thailand, the authorities said.

Tremors from a massive earthquake in Myanmar flattened a building in Bangkok on March 28, 2025. As search and rescue operations entered their fifth day, footage of a person trapped in the rubble spread on Thai social media alongside claims that workers found a new survivor.

The Chinese embassy in Bangkok has called for full cooperation with the Thai authorities’ investigation into the State Audit Office collapse.

Workers said poor-quality materials were used during construction by a Chinese developer as it sought to cut costs. Investigators also said they found substandard steel bars in the rubble.

The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.

Poorly paid migrant workers from Myanmar have built many of Bangkok’s glittering high-rises, including the one that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake.