‘Wherever I looked I saw collapsed buildings’: Myanmar quake rescuers and medics struggle with size of task

After two days there are still not enough teams to find bodies or sufficient equipment to sift through the debris

The scale of devastation in central Myanmar is unlike anything rescue workers or medics have seen before, even in a country that has endured more than four years of brutal conflict.

In Sagaing, buildings have collapsed almost everywhere after Friday’s earthquake. Even the provincial fire department building has been destroyed, damaging all the rescue machinery and vehicles inside.

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