A Hong Kong rescue team has continued its search for survivors in the earthquake-stricken city of Mandalay in Myanmar as part of an overnight mission.

As of 8.30am on Tuesday, a spokesman for Hong Kong’s Security Bureau said rescuers were still continuing their mission near the Mandalay Palace with search and blasting tools.

Some of the group were deployed to the area on Monday, before an extra 11 people were brought in to help in the evening.

“The HKSAR rescue team has started searches after arriving at Mandalay [on Monday]. After coordinating with other teams, they began to conduct on-site assessments and quick searches at multiple locations, carrying out rescue operations in Chan Aye Thar San and Mahar Aung Myay,” the spokesman wrote on social media.

Hong Kong has sent a 51-strong team comprising 41 from the Fire Services Department, four from the Security Bureau, two from the police force, two doctors and nurses from the Hospital Authority and two rescue dogs.

In a video posted by the Fire Services Department on Tuesday morning, Acting Assistant Divisional Officer Rocky Ng Wai-nok explained that the team was using tools to blast concrete and cut through iron rods to open up space in the debris.