Search for survivors ends as death toll from collapse of Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in China rises to 17
ABCNine more people have been confirmed dead in the collapse of a budget hotel in eastern China, bringing the final toll to 17. Key points: Most of the killed were hotel guests Over 600 people and 120 vehicles were mobilised in the search and rescue operation The Siji Kaiyuan Hotel was three storeys high and had 54 rooms, according to a Chinese online booking app On Wednesday state media announced the end of search and recovery efforts at the site. Six others were earlier rescued from the rubble of the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel, which crumbled in a heap of shattered concrete and bent metal beams in the picturesque city of Suzhou on Monday. The three-floor, 54-room Siji Kaiyuan Hotel opened in 2018, according to Ctrip, a Chinese online booking app. The collapse of a quarantine hotel in southern China's Quanzhou city last March killed 29 people, with authorities later finding three floors had been added illegally to the building's original four-storey structure.
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