GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan state of Sikkim, near the Chinese ...

Survival chances for the trapped workers were slim, state disaster management official Rajiv Roka said, as rescuers had to battle the fumes, making their task difficult.

At least 10 people were killed and 17 remain missing after a suspected gas explosion triggered a collapse inside an under-construction tunnel at a hydropower project in India’s northeastern Himalayan ...

Rescue teams have been struggling to reach the 17 people trapped because of hazardous conditions inside the tunnel.

At least 10 people have died in a disaster inside an under-construction tunnel in India.

A deadly landslide in Sikkim’s Namchi district turned a construction site into a scene of devastation, leaving at least 10 people dead after an under-construction tunnel of the NHPC Teesta Stage VI ...

At least 13 workers have died and more are trapped after an under-construction tunnel at a hydroelectric project collapsed in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim, the project’s developer NHPC Ltd.

Race to reach trapped workers after 10 killed in tunnel collapse caused by methane explosion in India - The tunnel is part of a hydropower project under construction in the Himalayan state of Sikkim ...

The incident, believed to be caused by an attempt to vent naturally occurring methane gas in the tunnel, triggered an explosion which in-turn caused the landslide that sealed the tunnel ...

Officials said methane gas levels inside the tunnel are still very high, making it impossible for rescue teams to reach the area where the trapped workers are believed to be.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the rescue team get ready to enter the under-construction tunnel where an explosion happened at a hydropower project in ...