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Death Toll in China Hotel Collapse Doubles to 20

VOA News

   The death toll from the collapse of a hotel in southeastern China
   serving as quarantine facility for coronavirus patients has doubled to
   20.

   At least 71 people were believed to be inside the seven-story building
   in the city of Quanzhou when the disaster occurred. At least 61 people
   have been rescued from the rubble, including a teenage boy and his
   mother who were pulled out of the wreckage just hours apart late
   Monday.

   Ten people remain missing.

   The cause of the collapse, which occurred within seconds, has not been
   determined. The building's first floor had been under renovation before
   the collapse, and there are reports that workers spotted a deformed
   pillar just minutes before the collapse.

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