Possível vazamento de gás provocou acidente em obra no estado de Sikkim, enquanto equipes de resgate enfrentam fumaça tóxica e baixas chances de encontrar sobreviventes

A suspected gas explosion has caused a tunnel collapse at a hydropower project in India's Sikkim state, near the Chinese border, leaving at least 11 people dead and 14 missing.

Possível vazamento de gás provocou acidente em obra no estado de Sikkim, enquanto equipes de resgate enfrentam fumaça tóxica e baixas chances de encontrar sobreviventes

A state official said survival chances for the trapped workers were slim after a suspected gas leak caused the blast.

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.

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…

GUWAHATI, India — A suspected gas explosion on Monday triggered a collapse inside a tunnel that was under construction at a hydropower project in I...

Las labores de rescate continúan en el estado de Sikkim, donde otras 13 personas permanecen atrapadas tras una posible fuga de metano.

Una explosión de metano sepultó a decenas de trabajadores en un túnel himalayo en India.Doce personas murieron y trece permanecen desaparecidas mientras gases tóxicos frenan el…

Im Nordosten Indiens sind mindestens elf Menschen bei einer Explosion in einer Tunnelbaustelle verstorben. Das Wasserkraftprojekt, wo das Unglück sich ereignete, ist Teil der…

Authorities say 13 workers are trapped inside a collapsed hydropower tunnel in India. Toxic gas was slowing rescuers Wednesday at the site in the northeastern state of Sikkim in…

Suspected burst of methane trapped within rock strata caused explosion inside under-construction hydropower tunnel

At least 20 workers were killed after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed following a gas explosion in the Indian Himalayas, officials said.

Rescuers battled methane, carbon monoxide, mud and darkness as the death toll in the south Sikkim tunnel explosion rose to 15, with 12 workers still missing. | India News

Rescuers battled methane, carbon monoxide, mud and darkness as the death toll in the south Sikkim tunnel explosion rose to 13, with 12 workers still missing. | India News

Rescuers say flooding and toxic gas in the collapsed tunnel make it unlikely any remaining trapped workers survived.

Maandag vond een explosie plaats in een tunnel in aanbouw in de Indiase deelstaat Sikkim. Op dat moment waren er 27 mensen.

An explosion in the tunnel, suspected to have been caused by methane trapped in or released from rocks, filled it with dense fumes and toxic gases, trapping 25 people.