Thai Examiner
49 year old Myanmar man dies in landslide incident off Sukhumvit Rd in Bangkok on Thursday evening
Compiled by KHAO Editorial — aggregated from 1 outlet. See llms.txt for citation guidance.
◌ Single Source
Fatal Sukhumvit 71 landslide buries Myanmar worker Nian Chan, 49, three metres underground as his colleague escapes. Rescuers battle to reach him but recover his body. Police now investigate waterlogged soil and the construction site.
Key facts
- Fatal Sukhumvit 71 landslide buries Myanmar worker Nian Chan, 49, three metres underground as his colleague escapes
- Rescue operation turns fatal as crews recover Myanmar worker buried three metres beneath Bangkok soil
- Drainage project had operated for three months before worker was buried as the soil suddenly gave way
- Waterlogged soil and recent rain examined as police and engineers investigate fatal ground collapse
- Soi temporarily closed as officials inspect fatal excavation before suspended construction can resume
- Police probe worker’s death as contractor remains unidentified and engineering findings are awaited
Summary
A Myanmar worker was buried alive three metres underground when a Bangkok construction site suddenly collapsed on Thursday evening. Nian Chan, 49, was levelling soil when tonnes of earth came crashing down, while a second worker escaped. Desperate attempts to dig him out failed before rescuers recovered his body. The disaster struck a drainage-pipe project off Sukhumvit 71 after days of rain left the ground waterlogged.
A 49-year-old Myanmar worker died after a landslide buried him three metres underground at a Bangkok construction site on Thursday evening. The collapse triggered a major rescue operation shortly before 7 pm. However, emergency crews later recovered the man, dead, from beneath the soil and debris.