Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, east China - Feb 25, 2017
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1. Aerial of hotel caught fire

2. Various of smoke rising from hotel, fire engine
3. Various of evacuated guests walking out of hotel, firefighters
4. Ambulances
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Yun, guest evacuated from 24th floor:
"We woke up to a room-ful of smell. We thought of a broken-down air conditioner. But when we opened the door, what we saw was white smoke everywhere. We then knew the hotel was on fire."
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) guest evacuated from 24th floor (no name given):
"The corridor was filled with smoke, and we could see nothing through it. There was also much smoke inside the room. It was very perilous. We couldn't know the situation on the outside. About an hour and a half later, we heard a firefighter in the corridor. We used a cup to knock on the door. The firefighter got to know that we were inside. He opened the door and led us to the rooftop."
7. Firefighters walking toward hotel
8. Various of firefighters checking inside hotel

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9. Aerials of hotel, nearby area

Death toll has risen to 10 in a hotel fire Saturday morning in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, firefighters said.

The fire, which broke out around 08:00 in the HNA Platinum Mix Hotel in Honggutan New District, was put out around 9:40.

Firefighters found seven bodies in the debris, and three of the 16 rushed to local hospitals died later on.

The four-story hotel is next to a 24-story apartment building where over 260 residents had to be evacuated.

The fire broke out on the first floor due to maintenance works and quickly spread to the second floor.

"We woke up to a room-ful of smell. We thought of a broken-down air conditioner. But when we opened the door, what we saw was white smoke everywhere. We then knew the hotel was on fire," said Li Yun, a resident evacuated from the 24th floor of the apartment building.

"The corridor was filled with smoke, and we could see nothing through it. There was also much smoke inside the room. It was very perilous. We couldn't know the situation on the outside. About an hour and a half later, we heard a firefighter in the corridor. We used a cup to knock on the door. The firefighter got to know that we were inside. He opened the door and led us to the rooftop," said another resident evacuated from the same floor of the apartment building.

Local police have detained seven people in connection with the outbreak of the fire. Initial probe has pointed to the cutting of decoration materials as the root cause of the fire.