Subsequently, at least 23 other people were rescued, Reuters reported, which he mentioned to government officials. Then they pulled ten others out of the rubble.
No explanation is given as to why the cave.
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Videos posted on social media show rescuers the remains of the building, the BBC reported.
According to Chinese media, Xinjia Express Hotel had 80 rooms spread over five floors.
Local government officials showed that the hotel had been switched to a coronavirus quarantine center and one of the two in the district, the South China Morning Post, which brought up news from Beijing, reported.
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Another newspaper reported that the hotel room housed other quarantined people after being in close contact with coronavirus patients, the Morning Post reported.
A man who lived in front of the cave hotel said he imagined the cave in an explosion, the newspaper reported.
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“I was having dinner and all of a sudden I heard a loud bang and thought it was an explosion. Only when I ran to my balcony did I see that the total construction of the hotel had collapsed,” he said.