Is it true that a hotel fire broke out and a couple died when they informed others to evacuate?

At about 10 a.m. on October 29, a fire broke out at the Tianpingjia Nanyang Changsheng Hotel in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, and thick smoke billowed from the scene. Although most residents were successfully evacuated, two people died after being rescued. Multiple sources said that the two deceased were employees of the hotel and his girlfriend. They died in order to notify everyone to evacuate. This news needs to be further confirmed.

The guest saw a fire point on the top of the podium

Mr. Wang (surnamed Hua) is one of the merchants at the Canton Fair. In previous years, he and his friends stayed at the Nanyang Changsheng Hotel in Suzhou. This year is no exception. At around 10:20 a.m. on the 29th, Mr. Wang was standing in front of the guest room window making a phone call when a scene downstairs caught his attention. "There was a big chimney on the top of the podium, it should be above the kitchen, and a fire suddenly broke out." Mr. Wang said, he took a photo and quickly informed the hotel staff.

“The staff were relatively calm at the time and said they were already putting out the fire, so I went back to the room.” Mr. Wang recalled that after he returned to the room, he found that the fire downstairs had worsened and even started. There was thick smoke, so I quickly informed my partner and other tenants to go downstairs. "It was inconvenient for me to go downstairs wearing slippers at first, so I quickly changed into sneakers and ran down the stairs." A female companion of Mr. Wang said.

Video taken by witnesses at the scene showed that when the fire was at its peak, billowing black smoke came out from the top of the podium on the west side of the hotel, forming plumes in the air, which looked very scary from a distance. In the guest room on the east side of the hotel, in order to escape, some guests used bed sheets to form ropes and tied them from the guest room window to the top of the podium to facilitate escape.

An employee died while notifying tenants to evacuate

At about 11:30 a.m. on the 29th, when the New Express reporter rushed to the Nanyang Changsheng Hotel after receiving the report, there were multiple firefighting vehicles on the scene. Rescue vehicles arrived at the scene and the fire was basically under control. Downstairs of the hotel involved, many guests were waiting and watching. Most of them were in a hurry to escape, leaving computers and other valuables in their rooms. Some neighbors who were drinking tea in the hotel restaurant at the time of the incident said that after discovering the fire, the waiter hurriedly notified the diners in the hall to evacuate, and "he said there was no need to buy any orders."

Although they were evacuated in time, two people unfortunately died in the fire. "I heard that he was the son and nephew of the hotel owner. At that time, one door knocked on the door to tell everyone to escape. Unexpectedly, he was unfortunately killed." A neighbor who knew about the incident said sadly that the two deceased were a man and a woman, and they looked very young. " What a shame."

The neighbor's statement was confirmed by the street staff. According to reports, the deceased male was an employee of the hotel and the deceased female was visiting his girlfriend. At the time of the incident, the two were knocking on doors and evacuating the residents, but unfortunately they were swallowed up by thick smoke and were later found in the stairwell.

Water and fire have no mercy, I hope the deceased rests in peace.