STATE AUDIT OFFICE TOWER COLLAPSE - 2025 — Adryel Talamantes Photography

March 29, 2025: Search and rescue personnel surround the base of the remains of the 33 story shell of the still under construction State Audit Office tower in the Thai capital Bangkok. The structure collapsed due to a 7.7 earthquake in neighboring Myanmar. Approximately 300 workers were at the site at the time of the collapse, causing first responders to undertake a massive search and rescue operation.

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March 29, 2025: A search and rescue worker stands at the base of the collapsed SAO tower on the day after the collapse - For Nikkei Asia

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March 29, 2025

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March 30, 2025: The second deceased victim of the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok to be removed from the site is lowered down from the top of the rubble pile by a crane hoisted gondola carrying three rescue workers. Two deceased victims were recovered from the top of the rubble pile in the early hours of March 30

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March 30, 2025: The third deceased victim of the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok to be removed from the site is lowered down from the top of the rubble pile by a crane hoisted gondola carrying three rescue workers. Two deceased victims were recovered from the top of the rubble pile in the early hours of March 30 - For Nikkei Asia

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March 30, 2025 - Rescue and recovery workers carry a deceased victim of the State Audit Office building collapse out of the construction site area after recovering them from the top of the collapsed rubble pile in Bangkok. This was the second of two deceased victims taken out of the site in the early hours of March 30 - For Nikkei Asia

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March 29, 2025

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March 29, 2025 Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Anutin Charnvirakul is saluted by Thai military officials before entering the site of the SAO tower collapse.

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