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A rescue team racing to save seven people trapped for days in a cave in Laos is getting closer to reaching them, the head of the operation said, after breaking through 15m of obstacles in a day.
The seven entered the cave in Laos' central Xaisomboun province on May 20 but got trapped by a landslide triggered by heavy rain, according to a local rescue group and the state-run Lao Phattana News.
A Thai rescue team joined the operation on Sunday and reported significant progress towards reaching the chamber where the group was trapped.
"From this moment on, I believe our success is not far away," Kengkard Bongkawong, head of the team, said in a social media post on Monday.
