(SpotNews)CHINA-YUNNAN-RUILI-BLUE SKY RESCUE TEAM-DEPARTURE-MYANMAR-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

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29 Mar 2025, 10:45 GMT+10

(250329) -- RUILI, March 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, enters Myanmar from a land port in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 29, 2025.

A group of 16 Chinese volunteers set off for the quake-hit Myanmar on Saturday morning to provide assistance in disaster relief and rescue efforts.

The volunteers, all experienced members of the Blue Sky Rescue (BSR) team -- a Chinese civil relief squad -- departed from Ruili City in southwest China's Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar, at around 9:30 a.m.

They followed a 37-member rescue team sent by Yunnan Province, which arrived in Myanmar earlier on Saturday morning.

A total of 694 people were killed, 1,670 injured and 68 missing in a deadly earthquake in the Mandalay region of Myanmar as of Saturday morning, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council reported. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

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