Three men have been pulled to safety after part of a tunnel collapsed in China's Hunan Province.

At the end of last month a section of the Hukun Railway collapsed in Xinhua County of Loudi city.

Three workers were caught under a length of tunnel around 40 metres long and were trapped for a total of eight days.

Rescuers managed to keep them alive by passing food and water to the workers via a ventilation tunnel.

As the three men were pulled out of the rubble hundreds of rescue workers cheered and clapped.

The men were taken to hospital and found to be in good health.