The search, rescue and cleanup process at the Sky Villa condo in Mandalay, which collapsed due to the earthquake, is currently about 35 percent complete, according to the Mandalay Region Fire Services Department. The Myanmar Fire Brigade, Mandalay City Development Committee and other organizations are working to clear the debris at the Sky Villa condo.
Currently, the cleanup is being carried out in four buildings, A, B, C and D, and Building D is about 98 percent complete, said U Kyaw Ko Ko, assistant director of the Mandalay Region Fire Services Department. About 30 percent of the work has been done in Building C, and the cleanup of Buildings A and B will continue. U Kyaw Ko Ko said that the complete cleanup process at the Sky Villa condo could take months. Meanwhile, the search for belongings is also underway while clearing the debris at the Sky Villa condo, and these belongings are being returned to their owners.
Until noon on April 25, a total of 245 important documents and valuables had been recovered from the Sky Villa Condo ruins, and 136 of them had been returned to their owners, said U Zaw Than, deputy director of the Mandalay Region Fisheries Department and member of the property acceptance and transfer team at the Sky Villa Condo. Until noon on April 25, 52 survivors had been rescued from the Sky Villa Condo collapse, and the bodies of 106 victims had been recovered.
