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KUALA LUMPUR (March 7): A five-storey hotel has collapsed in Fujian, China this evening, say reports.
According to a report by the South China Morning Post using information from the official Fujian Daily, the Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou came crumbling down at around 7pm local time.
A report by RT.com stated that 23 people have so far been rescued.
Local media said up to 70 people were feared trapped when the building collapsed.
According to a People’s Daily report, the hotel had been converted by the Licheng district authorities into a medical facility to house people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients.
Up to 700 rescue personnel/firefighters and dozens of emergency vehicles have been deployed to search for survivors.
The hotel opened for operations in June 2018.
#BREAKING: A hotel building collapsed in Quanzhou, SE China's Fujian at around 7 pm Saturday, trapping an unknown number of people under it. So far 16 people have been rescued. Rescue work remains underway. pic.twitter.com/rK7tEagQvV
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) March 7, 2020
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