Rescuers free four more men from flooded Laos cave, two still missing
Key takeaways
- Five of seven men who entered cave seeking gold are now out after being trapped for 10 days.
- The four were brought out on Saturday, a day after the first man was rescued, ending a period of about 10 days during which the group was cut off underground.
- The Thailand Rescue Diver Facebook page said that “rescue officials were able to bring out four more people trapped” at about 3:10pm (08:10 GMT).
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Five of seven men who entered cave seeking gold are now out after being trapped for 10 days.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Rescuers gather after evacuating villagers trapped for more than a week in a flooded cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos [Association of Volunteers for Lao People via AP]By AP and Reuters Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026Rescuers have pulled four more men from a flooded cave in central Laos, bringing to five the number freed from a group of villagers who became trapped while searching for gold. Two others remain missing.
The four were brought out on Saturday, a day after the first man was rescued, ending a period of about 10 days during which the group was cut off underground.