About 70 Trapped After Covid-19 Quarantine Building Collapses In China
A man is helped out of the rubble of a collapsed hotel by rescuers in Quanzhou, in China’s eastern Fujian province on March 7, 2020. STR / AFPAround 70 people were trapped after the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday evening, officials said.
Footage circulating on microblogging platform Weibo showed rescue workers combing through the building’s wreckage in the dark and reassuring a woman trapped under heavy debris as other wounded victims were carried into ambulances. Representatives from Beijing are also en route to Quanzhou to assist in relief efforts, reported Xinhua news agency.
China is no stranger to building collapses and deadly construction accidents, which are typically blamed on the country’s rapid growth leading to corner-cutting by builders and the widespread flouting of safety rules.
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