'Pancake' collapse in quake-hit Myanmar tests rescuers; NDRF retrieves 16 bodies

Authorities in Myanmar have held a minute of silence to honour the victims of a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, including 50 children at one preschool near the city of Mandalay.

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A 'pancake' collapse of multiple buildings and houses leading to floors falling one over the other has become a challenge for rescue workers in quake-hit Myanmar with India's NDRF retrieving 16 bodies so far from the rubble, officials said Tuesday.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) specialists have spread across 13 buildings as part of the 'Sector D' disaster rescue plan in Mandalay city and they are still "looking for lives" despite all odds, the officials monitoring the rescue operations from here told PTI.