section_path: Response
section_name: Response
paragraph_text: Response
  
  Rescue workers brought in excavators to start combing the site for survivors. Excavators dredged piled-up soil and a crane was deployed to remove debris. The United States deployed personnel to assist in rescue efforts at the site. The Israeli embassy also sent a scanning device that was used to search for survivors.
  
  Following the earthquake, Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visited the site of the collapse on the evening of 28 March. On 2 April, she visited the site again and met with relatives of the collapse victims. On 4 April, Bangkok's Governor, Chadchart Sittipunt, apologised for delays in rescue efforts. The Ministry of Labour announced that it would provide up to two million baht in compensation for relatives of each those who died in the collapse and cover the treatment of those injured. By 27 April, 38 million baht had been released by the ministry. On 31 March, a man was arrested for falsely claiming that his wife was trapped in the building.
  
  By 6 May 2025, search-and-rescue operations had shifted to the lower portions of the building, where authorities expressed hope that "the ongoing search could yield more discoveries". Rescue operations ended on 13 May with 89 confirmed dead and seven others missing.