The collapse of an area of the Siji Kaiyuan Hotel in seaside Jiangsu province occurred on Monday afternoon, the Suzhou Municipal Government said in a statement. According to state-run media, the Ministry of Emergency Management sent out a team to assist with the rescue work.As of Tuesday, nine individuals were still missing and 14 had actually been rescued.The cause of the collapse was under investigation, state-run Xinhua news agency said. Chinese media released photos of rescue workers combing through debris in the look for survivors.The Siji Kaiyuan is a spending plan hotel that opened in 2018. The area that collapsed was three stories tall while an online reservation site stated the hotel had 54 rooms.