Fire, Heavy Damage At Myanmar's Mandalay University After 7.7-Magnitude Earthquake | Video
A fire broke out at Mandalay University in Myanmar after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake, causing heavy damage and panic. Casualties were feared.
Casualties were feared after a fire erupted at Mandalay University in Myanmar following the powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday.
A video on social media also showed heavy damage at the University, sending locals into panic.
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An emergency siren could also be heard in the video, as people were seen leaving the site.
Buildings shook as well in Bangkok, the Thai capital about 1,000 km (620 miles) to the south, and hundreds of people rushed out in panic. Trading on the stock exchange was halted.
According to BNO News, at least 20 people have been killed in the earthquake, which was followed by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake.
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Meanwhile, a major hospital in the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw was a “mass casualty area" after the country was rocked by a huge earthquake, AFP quoted an official as saying.
Reuters quoted China’s Xinhua news agency as saying that strong tremors were felt in southwestern Yunnan province which borders Myanmar, but there were no reports of casualties.
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