A hotel has collapsed in the southeastern Chinese city of
Quanzhou, trapping dozens of people under rubble. The building was
reportedly used as a quarantine site for the deadly Covid-19
coronavirus.
Footage from the scene
showed the building reduced to rubble and emergency services searching
the debris. So far, at least 23 people have reportedly been rescued.
The hotel building abruptly collapsed on Saturday evening. According to
local media, at least 70 people have been trapped under the rubble. No
information on potential casualties was immediately available.
Some 150 rescue workers and firefighters have been dispatch to the scene
to comb through the ruins of the hotel and search for survivors
Several media outlets have suggested that the five-story building was
used as a quarantine site, housing people potentially infected with
Covid-19 since the coronavirus outbreak.
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.
At least 29 people have so far been rescued, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.
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.
“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 local media.
"It was not until I ran to my balcony that I saw that the entire hotel building had collapsed.”
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