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Rescuers Race to Reach 7 Trapped in a Laos Cave After Flash Flooding Blocks the Exit
Thai rescue specialists are on standby as Lao crews pump water from the cave and race to reach seven trapped villagers.
- On Monday, rescue operations entered a sixth day to reach seven villagers trapped in a cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos, after flash flooding blocked their exit while they were hunting for gold.
- Eight villagers entered the cave system on May 19; one person escaped before the entrance was blocked, immediately alerting local authorities to the developing emergency.
- Navigating confined, multi-level chambers poses severe risks, including an "extremely narrow" flooded tunnel where breathing space above muddy water measures only about 60cm in height, the Mettadham foundation reported.
- Thai rescue teams arrived Sunday to assist local authorities, providing specialist cave-diving equipment and personnel as water pumps struggle against persistent rainfall.
- With three members found dead earlier, the status of the remaining seven trapped villagers remains unknown, turning the operation into a race against time to save survivors.
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The Lao authorities, in coordination with rescue teams from neighboring Thailand, are working on a counter-clockwise Tuesday to release seven people who have been trapped for six days in a flooded cave in Long Chaeng, in the center of the country, after heavy rains flooded the area.
·Guayaquil, Ecuador
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'They were looking for gold, blocked by the flood that blocked the passage' (ANSA)
·Italy
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They were looking for gold – now rescue forces are fighting for the lives of seven gold prospectors in a flooded cave.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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Since May 19, seven workers have been stuck in a flooded cave in Laos. So far, rescue teams have not been able to get to them. Given the water masses and low oxygen levels, concern for the missing is growing.
·Hamburg, Germany
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