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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025
Woman saved in Myanmar capital after trapped by quake for 91 hours: fire services

South Asia

BSS/AFP
01 April, 2025, 05:30 pm
Last modified: 01 April, 2025, 05:53 pm

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Woman saved in Myanmar capital after trapped by quake for 91 hours: fire services

The woman in Naypyidaw -- around 63 years old -- "was found alive" on Tuesday morning, then "successfully rescued" and transferred to a hospital over an hour later, the Myanmar Fire Services Department said in a Facebook post

BSS/AFP
01 April, 2025, 05:30 pm
Last modified: 01 April, 2025, 05:53 pm
Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar. File Photo: AFP/Sai Aung Main via BSS
Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on March 29, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar. File Photo: AFP/Sai Aung Main via BSS

A woman was rescued on Tuesday in Myanmar's capital city after being trapped for 91 hours by a devastating earthquake that rocked the region, local fire services said.

The woman in Naypyidaw -- around 63 years old -- "was found alive" on Tuesday morning, then "successfully rescued" and transferred to a hospital over an hour later, the Myanmar Fire Services Department said in a Facebook post.

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