At around 7:30 p.m. on March 7, 2020, a hotel near Phase 1 of Zhongjun Siji Kangcheng, at the junction of South Ring Road in Licheng District, Quanzhou City and Nan'an, collapsed. The hotel was a six - story steel - structured building. The first floor was occupied by stores, and the floors above were hotel rooms. It was estimated that more than 70 people were buried in the whole building.
After the incident, Yuan Shan, the chief commander of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, instructed the Blue Sky Rescue Emergency Coordination Center to closely monitor the development of the disaster situation. The Fujian Provincial Blue Sky Rescue Coordination Center immediately activated the rescue emergency plan, and launched the work of collecting and analyzing accident information as well as the emergency rescue standby procedure.
The Blue Sky Rescue Team in Fujian Province responded promptly due to its proximity. Multiple well - known teams of the Blue Sky Rescue Team participated in the rescue operation. Meanwhile, the Blue Sky Rescue Information Platform was launched simultaneously to provide back - end support and reinforce the rescue site in Quanzhou.
As of 11:00 on March 11, 69 trapped people had been successfully rescued. Although the 72 - hour golden rescue period had passed, the rescue team members were still making efforts in the search and rescue, not giving up any hope.
According to the news from the Quanzhou Emergency Rescue Work Leading Group, at 12:34 on March 11, one trapped person was rescued, but showed no signs of life upon rescue.
More than 90 hours had passed since the collapse of Xinjia Hotel in Quanzhou, Fujian, and the on - site rescue was still in progress.
On the afternoon of March 11, a reporter from the Beijing News learned from the Fujian Provincial Fire and Rescue Detachment that the location of the last trapped person in the accident had been determined, and relevant rescue operations were underway.
Today, the remaining mission team (Quanzhou Blue Sky Rescue Team and Jinjiang Blue Sky Rescue Team) dispatched 9 vehicles and 11 people to carry out disinfection more than 20 times for firefighters, armed police soldiers, reporters, etc. They also provided and coordinated some of the tools and rescue equipment required by the on - site rescue personnel.