A hotel collapsed in Jiangsu Province, eastern China on the 12th, killing one person and missing nine people, and local fire departments are helping.

According to Chinese media, on the afternoon of the 12th in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, the eastern part of the hotel, which seems to be a four-story hotel, suddenly collapsed.



By the night of the 12th, nine people were found in the collapsed building, and one of them was confirmed dead.



In addition to this, nine people are missing, and local fire departments are removing a large amount of debris and conducting rescue operations.



According to the Consul General of Japan in Shanghai, there is no information that Japanese people were involved.



So far, the cause of the collapse of the building has not been clarified, and the authorities are investigating the situation and cause when the building collapsed.



In China, a seven-story hotel used for isolation to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus collapsed in Fujian Province in the south last March, involving more than 70 people and killing 29 people. Did.