52 pulled from collapsed quarantine hotel

A total of 52 people have been pulled out of the debris as of 8:00 p.m. Monday after a hotel building used as coronavirus quarantine center collapsed in eastern Fujian province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

At the time of the collapse, a total of 71 people were trapped.

An initial investigation showed the hotel building was being renovated when the accident occurred and the owner of the building has been put under police control. Construction of the building, with a floor area of 7,000 square meters, began in 2013. It was converted into a hotel in 2018 with 66 rooms.