A mother and her child found alive after E China hotel collapse

FUZHOU, March 9 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a hotel building collapse in east China's Fujian Province on Saturday evening has risen to 11 by Monday afternoon, local authorities said.

Fifty people have been pulled out of the debris of Xinjia Hotel in Licheng District in the city of Quanzhou by 2 p.m. Monday and among them, 11 have died, said the rescue headquarters.

The rescuers found a mother and her child in the rubble at 8:18 p.m. Efforts are underway to rescue them.

At the time of the collapse, a total of 71 people were trapped and nine more managed to escape themselves. Twenty-one individuals remain trapped as rescue efforts are ongoing.

A preliminary investigation showed the hotel building was being decorated when the accident occurred and the owner of the building has been put under police control.■