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Hotel collapse traps 70 in eastern China
BEIJING, March 7, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Around 70 people were trapped after a
hotel collapsed in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday evening,
officials said.
Xinjia Hotel collapsed around 7:30 pm (1130 GMT) and around 23 people had
been rescued by 9:00 pm, according to a Quanzhou city government statement.
The 80-room hotel was recently converted to a quarantine facility for
people who had recent contact with coronavirus patients, the People’s Daily
state newspaper reported.
State news agency Xinhua said rescue efforts were ongoing.
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