Are there any casualties in the Nanchang hotel fire?

This morning, a fire broke out in a hotel in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, sending 16 people to the hospital and 2 of them died.

At around 8:30 a.m., a customer smelled the acrid smell of smoke in a guest room on the 8th floor of the hotel. “When I opened the door, there was already thick choking smoke in the corridor.” The customer said that at this time The visibility in the corridor was already very low, and several customers ran out of the room. However, because the fire escape was blocked, some people felt sick due to the smoke.

After a while, a waitress came and took the customer to escape through another corridor. When going downstairs, the customer fell and was bruised. "There has been no fire warning before, and no notification has been received."

According to local official news, the fire has sent 16 people to the hospital for treatment, of which 2 died and 9 have been discharged. After preliminary investigation, the fire was caused by cutting decoration materials, and the two workers suspected of causing the accident have been controlled.