Thai rescuers join race to free seven people trapped in flooded Laos cave

Thai rescuers join effort to free seven people trapped in Laos cave

Seven people have been trapped for five days in a flooded cave in Xaysomboun province, Laos, after landslides blocked the entrance; Thai divers who executed the 2018 Tham Luang rescue have joined the operation. Rescuers reached within 40 metres of the survivors' suspected location before rising sediment forced a retreat, with passages as narrow as 50cm making progress entirely dependent on water pumping conditions.