70 people trapped after hotel used for coronavirus quarantine collapses in China:

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70 people trapped after hotel used for coronavirus quarantine collapses in China: Reuters

About 70 people were trapped in a collapsed hotel in the city of Quanzhou, in southeastern Fujian Province, the city government said on its website.

The collapsed hotel is used for coronavirus quarantine, according to the official People’s Daily. The building collapsed at around 7:30 p.m., and by 9 p.m., 23 people had been rescued, the city government said.

No reason for the collapse was given.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/07/70-people-trapped-after-hotel-used-for-coronavirus-quarantine-collapses-in-china-reuters.html

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Independent by Andy Gregory 3/7/2020

A hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine centre in China has collapsed, leaving 70 people trapped.

The five-storey building in Fujian province was being used to house and observe people who had come into contact with Covid-19 patients when it collapsed at around 7:30pm local time.

Some 38 people have so far been rescued from the wreckage of the Xinjia Express Hotel in Quanzhou, local officials announced four hours later.

Nearly 150 firefighters are thought to be engaged in the rescue operation. Footage shared to social media shows emergency service workers clambering among the rubble and using powerful torches to search for survivors.

Youth Daily said the owner carried out “foundation-related construction” before the disaster. It gave no details.

More: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-hotel-collapse-coronavirus-quarantine-fujian-province-death-latest-a9384546.html

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