Divers in Laos have rescued four more villagers trapped in a flooded cave. The first survivor was pulled out on Friday.
Five of seven men who entered cave seeking gold are now out after being trapped for 10 days.
Five villagers trapped deep in a flooded cave in Laos have been freed, ending a 10-day underground ordeal that relied on expert cave rescuers racing against time to guide the group through flooded passages before fresh rains further complicated the mission. Hugs, cheers and tears met four of the group who emerged thin and muddied on Saturday afternoon to be quickly wrapped in foil blankets to regulate their body temperature after days in the damp, cold cave. Another man was freed overnight. But...
Two of the seven villagers who entered the narrow tunnels in search for gold on 20 May are still missing.
Divers in Laos have rescued the first of five villagers trapped in a flooded cave for more than a week.
The bedraggled man was led to safety by rescuers after nine days stranded in the cavern
Seven Lao nationals entered the cave in Xaisomboun province last week before a landslide blocked their exit.
Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week.
Five of the seven villagers trapped deep in a flooded cave in Laos were found alive on Wednesday afternoon, Thai divers said, in a mission that included some of the same expert cave divers who saved a Thai youth football team in 2018. Around 4.30pm, a Thai-led rescue team broke through to an area where they found five of the missing villagers perched on a muddy ledge, after diving for four days through treacherous, narrow flooded passages seeking a way into the cave complex. Two other Laotians...
The search is continuing for a further two villagers who are still missing, rescuers say.
A team of experts who helped free a teen football team from a Thai cave in 2018 are among the rescuers.