FUZHOU, March 8 (Xinhua) -- A hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening. Rescue is under way...

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Four people were confirmed dead as of 10:30 a.m. Sunday after a hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

The Xinjia Hotel collapsed at around 7:15 p.m. in Licheng District of the city of Quanzhou, trapping 71 people.

Preliminary investigation showed the hotel building was under house decoration when the accident occured and the owner of the building has been put under police control.

Among the rescued, a boy aged around two was pulled from the rubble in the early hours of the morning. His parents were also rescued and sent to the hospital for treatment. A teenage boy was saved at around 11:24 a.m.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570"] Rescuers work at the accident site of a hotel in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Yan Zhihong)[/caption]

The hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province when it was under house decoration and the owner of the building has been put under police control, local authorities said Sunday.

Two supermarkets on the first floor were under remodeling when the accident happened, and a pillar was reported to undergo deformation just a few minutes prior to the collapse, according to Zhang Yi, director of the housing and urban-rural development bureau in the district.

Zhang added that it needed further investigation whether the collapse was due to house decoration or structural problem.

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, according to Zhang.

Forty-nine people have been rescued as of 8:20 a.m. Sunday after a hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

The Xinjia Hotel collapsed around 7:15 p.m. in Licheng District of the city of Quanzhou.

Further rescue is under way.

Forty-three people have been rescued after a hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

The hotel opened in 2018 and had 80 rooms.

Among the 43 people who had been rescued as of 12:30 a.m. Sunday, a child aged two or three years old was pulled from the rubble by rescue workers in the early hours of the morning.

The Ministry of Emergency Management has sent a work team to Quanzhou to help with rescue and investigate the cause of accident. The ministry urged all-out efforts to rescue the victims and emphasized the prevention of secondary disasters, while ensuring the safety of rescue teams.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570"] Photo taken on March 7, 2020 shows rescue operations at the accident site of a hotel in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province. (Str/Xinhua)[/caption]

More than 1,000 fire fighters have rushed to help with rescue work after a hotel used for coronavirus quarantine collapsed Saturday evening in east China's Fujian Province, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM).

Local fire department of Quanzhou City, where the accident occured, 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, said the MEM.

A preliminary report said about 70 people were trapped and 38 people had been rescued as of 23:20, Saturday.

A work team sent by the MEM to help with rescue and investigate the cause of accident is on its way to the site.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570"] Rescuers work at the accident site of a hotel in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 7, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)[/caption]

Thirty-eight people have been rescued after a hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

Rescuers wearing masks were using ropes to pull trapped people out of the rubble, according to Xinhua reporters at the site. High-voltage power lines were lying over the rubble, although firefighters said it was not clear if the lines would hamper rescue work.

"The hotel has six floors and a cellar. When it collapsed, I heard big sounds and felt some tremor," said a resident living nearby.

The Ministry of Emergency Management has sent a work team to the city of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, after a hotel building there collapsed Saturday evening.

The work team will help with rescue work and investigate the cause of accident, said a source of the ministry.

The ministry urged all-out efforts to rescue the victims and emphasized the prevention of secondary disasters, while ensuring the safety of rescue teams.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570"] A rescue vehicle heads to the accident site in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 7, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)[/caption]

Thirty-three people have been rescued after a hotel building collapsed in east China's Fujian Province Saturday evening, local authorities said.

The Xinjia Hotel in Licheng District of the city of Quanzhou collapsed at around 7:15 p.m. Saturday.

According to the preliminary report, about 70 people were trapped. As of 9:30 p.m., 33 people had been rescued.

Sources with the municipal authorities said the hotel has been used to quarantine and observe people who had come from other provinces during the novel coronavirus prevention and control.

A total of 147 rescue workers have been sent to the scene. Further rescue is under way.

Twenty-three people have been rescued after a hotel building collapsed in the city of Quanzhou, east China's Fujian Province, Saturday evening, local authorities said.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="570"] A rescue vehicle heads to the accident site in Quanzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, March 7, 2020. (Str/Xinhua)[/caption]

Sixteen people have been rescued after a hotel building collapsed in the city of Quanzhou, east China's Fujian Province, Saturday evening, local authorities said.

The accident happened at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Licheng District.

Further rescue work is underway.

Sixteen people have been rescued after a hotel building collapsed in the city of Quanzhou, east China's Fujian Province, Saturday evening, local authorities said. ■