Part of the COVID-19 pandemic | |
Date | 7 March 2020 |
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Time | 19:14 (CST, UTC+8) |
Location | 1688 Nanhuan Road, Licheng District, Quanzhou, Fujian |
Coordinates | 24°54′58.31″N 118°29′59.15″E / 24.9161972°N 118.4997639°E |
Cause | Overloading resulting from illegal construction |
Deaths | 29[1][2] |
Non-fatal injuries | 42 |
Charges | 57.94 Million Yuan |
Survivors | 42 |
Victims | 71 |
Xinjia Express Hotel (Chinese: 欣佳酒店; pinyin: Xīnjiā Jiǔdiàn[3]) was a hotel in Licheng District, Quanzhou, Fujian, China. On 7 March 2020, while being used to quarantine COVID-19 patients, it collapsed from overloading resulting from illegal construction, killing 29 people and injuring another 42.[4][5][6][7]