Watch: Moment rescuers pull woman alive from Myanmar earthquake rubble

Rescuers in Myanmar were cheered as they carried 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing away on a stretcher.

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After several hours of painstaking work, 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing was pulled from the wreckage and carried away by stretcher as bystanders cheered.

She embraced her husband before she was taken to hospital for medical assessment.

More than 1,600 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday that also caused significant damage in neighbouring countries.

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