Death Toll Rises to 17 in Partial Collapse of China Hotel

Rescue workers work at the site where a hotel building collapsed in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China July 13, 2021. China Daily via Reuters

BEIJING—The death toll in the partial collapse of a budget hotel in China’s eastern city of Suzhou on Monday has risen to 17, state media said on Wednesday.

Of the 23 people trapped in the rubble of the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in Suzhou only six survived, according to state media.