Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapses in China, trapping 70 people

AKIPRESS.COM - A hotel collapsed at around 7:30 pm on Saturday in Licheng district of Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province, and about 70 people were trapped, China Daily reported. Forty-nine people have been rescued as of 8:20 am Sunday, according to the Licheng district government.
Among the rescued, a boy aged around two years old was pulled from the rubble in the early hours of the morning. His parents were also rescued and sent to the hospital for treatment.
Local fire department of Quanzhou City has sent more than 200 fire fighters to the site, while Fujian Province dispatched 11 search and rescue teams with over 800 fire fighters and seven rescue dogs.
A witness surnamed Wu, who lives near the hotel, said he heard a loud bang while he was having supper and thought it was an explosion.
He ran to the balcony and saw the building collapse and some people were rescued from the rubble, according to mnw.cn.
Wu said the building was about five stories high.