There were approximately 80 people inside the building when it came down, 58 of whom were under quarantine. Nine people escaped on their own, but 71 were trapped, CNN reported.
A man is rescued from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Quanzhou, in China's eastern Fujian province on March 8, 2020Rescuers pulled 48 people from the rubble, but 23 remain unaccounted for, according to CNN. "We are using life detection instruments to monitor signs of life and professional breaking-in tools to make forcible entries," Guo Yutuan, of the Quanzhou armed police detachment's mobile unit, told CNN. "We are trying our utmost to save trapped people.
The Fujian Fire Department has deployed more than 1,000 firefighters and other emergency responders to the scene, according to CNN. The building was being renovated and workers called the owner around 7 p.m. on Saturday to tall him that a pillar had become distorted during construction. It collapsed minutes later, according to CNN.
Yes “collapsed” that’s what happened
Not from the virus though!
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