Coronavirus: 70 people trapped as building used for quarantine collapses in China
- About 70 people were trapped after a hotel collapsed in China's eastern Fujian province
- The hotel was recently converted to a coronavirus quarantine facility
- It is yet unknown what might have caused the collape of the five-storey building
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A five-storey hotel being used as a coronavirus quarantine centre in China has collapsed, leaving up to 70 people trapped.
The 80-room Xinjia Hotel in Fujian province was converted to a quarantine facility and being used to house and observe people who had come into contact with Covid-19 patients.
Independent reports that it collapsed at around 7:30pm local time on Saturday, March 7.
Nearly 150 firefighters are reported to be engaged in the rescue operation.
In footages shared online, rescue workers in orange jumpsi=uits can be seen scrambling to rescue people from the wreckage.
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“I was just having dinner and I suddenly heard a loud bang and thought it was an explosion," South China Morning Post reported a man who lived in the building opposite as telling state-affiliated media.
"It was not until I ran to my balcony that I saw that the entire hotel building had collapsed.”
According to CNBC report, 34 people were rescued from the wreckage in the following two hours after the collapse.
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It is yet unknown what caused the collapse.
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