According to the site Geotechpedia, this tunnel failure occurred on November 29, 2016 around 9am (local time?). The tunnel is located in Yusufeli district of Erzurum in northeastern Turkey. It is somehow related to the Yusufeli dam. There were no reports of fatalities. [Source: YouTube via Geotechpedia. Image: YouTube]
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