Four villagers in central Laos have emerged safely from a flooded cave, ending a horrific 10-day ordeal for the group of men who entered the mountain in search of gold.A fifth member of the group was pulled out by specialist divers in a stunning rescue late on Friday night, using dive equipment to help him out of flooded sections of the tunnel.The remaining four managed to free themselves on Saturday afternoon, just after 3pm local time, after pumps drained the flooded sections of cave.Specialist divers were still planning how to get the men out when they suddenly emerged from the cave mouth.Video posted by Thai rescue worker Chakkit Taengtang shows the miners emerging, one at a time, from the mouth of the cave, some of them collapsing in joy and exhaustion.They were taken away for immediate medical attention.The villagers had spent about 10 days trapped in the cave, in central Laos's Xaisomboun province, after heavy rains caused flash flooding and landslides that blocked their exit.Laos officials believe two others may still be missing in the cave, although rescue crews say they have explored most of the tunnels and have not found any survivors or bodies.The survival of the group of five men astonished divers, who found them on Wednesday after they had been trapped for a week.The rescue effort involved volunteers from Thailand, as well as specialist cave divers, including Finnish diver Mikko Paasi, who helped rescue a team of junior soccer players from a flooded Thai cave in 2018.Mr Paasi described this cave as "if claustrophobia had a form", requiring rescuers to squeeze through an incredibly narrow tunnel for 250 metres, before getting to a final, flooded narrow tunnel.Another man involved in the rescue is South Australian cave diver Josh Richards, who said he was preparing to go into the cave when the men suddenly emerged."Just as I was gearing up, we had four very muddy miners climb out of the cave on their own," Mr Richards told the ABC."They'd obviously noticed the water level had dropped far enough and they decided to take the risk."They've managed to wiggle their way back out."Mr Richards said there was a lot of cheering and relief when the men surfaced."The overwhelming sense here is relief," he said."We know that the four of them are out and that they're healthy … I think everyone's starting to finally take a very well-earned deep breath."For them to have crawled out over the last 350 metres from where they were is a remarkable reflection of both their spirit and their health."I've been hearing [from] a lot of people who are very, very happy to see their loved ones."