Brit tourist caught up in Thai quake tells of horror saying: ‘I saw walls crack around me… it was like a disaster movie’
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A British tourist in Bangkok during a catastrophic earthquake described the event as the “most terrifying” she had ever experienced, likening it to a “scene from a disaster movie”.

Tiffany Man, 25, initially felt “extremely sick” when the quake, measuring 7.7 in magnitude, began. She soon realized the true cause when “the walls started to crack”.

People stand near a collapsed building after an earthquake.
A massive 7.7 earthquake has wrecked countries across Asia with up to 100,000 feared deadCredit: Reuters
Woman in white dress in front of Iconsiam mall.
Brit tourist Tiffany Man told The Sun about her harrowing experience
Crowded city square with modern skyscrapers in the background.
Pictures taken by Tiffany showed the chaos on the streets of Bangkok after the quakeCredit: TIFFANY MAN
Illustration of a map showing the impact zone of a large earthquake in Myanmar, affecting Mandalay and Bangkok.

The massive earthquake struck Myanmar and rocked neighbouring Asian countries including Thailand on Friday – with tens of thousands now feared dead.

Sharing her frightening ordeal with The Sun, Tiffany, a pharmaceutical employee from Manchester, recounted that she and her mother were inside their hotel’s laundry room in Chidlom, Bangkok, when the tremors began.

At first, she mistook the shaking tremors for being unwell.

She explained: “Originally, I felt dizzy, lightheaded and unable to stand still.

“I thought ‘okay maybe this feeling will go away if I sit down’ – but then it happened again.”

She realised that the feeling was not just in her head when her mum told her: “Something’s shaking.”

The pair then watched in horror as the laundry room’s wall dramatically started to crack around them.

Tiffany said: “Holy s**t when I saw the walls cracking, I knew it was something else.

“I was like ‘oh my God this is not normal’ – it was literally like a scene from a disaster movie.

“It was seriously the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced.”

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She told her mum: “We shouldn’t get in the elevator, I think the building’s going to collapse.”

Staff members shouting in Thai instructed the pair to go downstairs, causing Tiffany to grab her mum and bolt for the stairs.

She said: “It fully triggered my fight-or-flight response, the adrenaline rush made me grab my mum’s arm and I just ran.”

The two then went into a terrified panic when they realised her dad and brother were still on the 25th floor of the hotel.

Building collapsing in Bangkok during an earthquake.
The earthquake rocked Thai capital Bangkok, causing many buildings to completely collapseCredit: East2West
Water cascading down the side of a tall building.
Rooftop pools turned into waterfalls at luxury high-rise apartment buildings in Bangkok as water sloshed onto the street

She said: “We were so scared and thought that they were going to be trapped up there.”

Her brother was in the shower at the time and knew something was wrong when “he could hear all the cupboards and doors shaking”.

He also experienced a similar feeling to his sister as he felt “dizzy and unable to stand up properly in the shower”.

Tiffany said her sibling feared for his family’s life as he thought his sister and mum had been trapped downstairs during the rumbling.

“They thought we actually disappeared. It was so chaotic,” she said.

After the shaking stopped, Tiffany and her mum begged staff to save the rest of their family, and they were eventually escorted down.

Rescue workers and emergency vehicles at a building collapse in Bangkok, Thailand.
Thai rescue workers have been deployed in Bangkok after the PM announced a state of emergencyCredit: Getty
Crowd of people walking down a city street.
Tiffany’s video footage, showing the chaos in BangkokCredit: Tiffany man

After reuniting, the family went outside, still shaken from the terrifying ordeal.

Tiffany said the building looked “tilted” and she is still scared to go back there tonight.

The family have one more night in the country, but Tiffany said: “I have no idea how I’m going to get any sleep tonight.

“There could be more waves of earthquakes, it’ still so scary.”

Rescuers carry an injured person on a stretcher after a building collapse.
Rescuers carry an injured person from the site of a high-rise building under construction that collapsed in BangkokCredit: AP
A worker carries an injured person on his back after an earthquake.
A worker carries a casualty on his back in Bangkok, ThailandCredit: Reuters

Up to 100,000 are feared dead and 81 trapped in buildings after the devastating earthquake which sent powerful tremors across the continent.

Shock videos show high-rise buildings being reduced to rubble and religious buildings and homes completely crumbling.

Its initial epicentre hit the city of Mandalay in Myanmar before five aftershocks followed minutes later – sparking a serious red alert for death and damage.

The US Geological Survey said on their official website: “High casualties and extensive damage are probable and the disaster is likely widespread.”

The organisation categorised the strength of the shaking as “violent” and said there could be up to 100,000 fatalities.

Bangkok’s governor declared the Thai capital is a “disaster area”.

Road cracked from earthquake in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
A huge crack formed on a road in Naypyidaw, Myanmar due to the tremorsCredit: AFP
Large crowd of people gathered on a city street after an earthquake.
Hundreds poured out of their homes and workplaces in the Thai capitalCredit: Reuters
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