Man found alive after 60 hours trapped in Myanmar earthquake

Found alive after 60 hours trapped in earthquake in Myanmar - Photo 1.

Members of the Chinese Search and Rescue Team transfer a female survivor at the Great Wall Hotel in Mandalay City, Myanmar on March 31 - Photo: XINHUA

According to Xinhua News Agency, early on March 31, a Chinese search and rescue team successfully rescued a woman trapped for nearly 60 hours under the rubble of the Great Wall Hotel in Mandalay city, central Myanmar.

Video of rescue of pregnant woman trapped for 60 hours in rubble due to earthquake in Myanmar - Source: XINHUA NEWS

The rescue team spent more than 5 hours, using all professional measures to rescue the victim. She still showed good signs of survival when she was rescued.

This is the first survivor rescued by the Chinese search and rescue team after they arrived in Mandalay city on March 30.

Another Chinese rescue team from Yunnan province also rescued a survivor in the capital Naypyidaw, which was also severely affected by the earthquake, on the morning of March 30.

According to AFP, as of March 31, hopes of finding more survivors under the rubble in the city of Mandalay, central Myanmar, are fading amid difficult conditions, with temperatures expected to reach around 40 degrees Celsius.

Here some residents are spending a third night sleeping outdoors after a devastating earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar.

The sweltering heat has exhausted rescue workers and accelerated the decomposition of some bodies, which could make identification difficult.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck early in the afternoon of March 28 in the northwest of Sagaing City, central Myanmar. Just minutes later, a 6.7-magnitude aftershock continued to shake the area.

The earthquake flattened homes, collapsed bridges and cracked roads across Myanmar. Mandalay - the country's second-largest city with more than 1.7 million people - was among the hardest hit.