At 19:05 on March 7, 2020, the building collapsed at xinjia hotel, south ring road, changtai street, licheng district.According to the preliminary investigation, 71 people were trapped in the building at the time of the accident (excluding 9 who escaped by themselves).As of 11:30 am, 43 people have been rescued from the scene (6 of whom had no vital signs when rescued), one of whom had no physical problems and had not been sent to the hospital, 36 of whom had been sent to the hospital for treatment (excluding 8 of those who had escaped by themselves), one of whom was critically ill and died despite medical treatment, and 28 others are still in the search and rescue.

At present, fujian province, fire fighting and rescue team has invested nine detachment of light heavy search and rescue teams, 170 fire trucks, 853, 9 first rescue dogs and life detectors and other rescue equipment, will be divided six rescue collapsed area, is nine operating point to break through the rescue channel, at the same time 5 team continued to carry out the signs of life.The fujian provincial people's government dispatched a medical rescue team of more than 750 people and 20 120 emergency vehicles to do a good job in the treatment and rehabilitation of the injured.