Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFive out of seven villagers have been rescued from a flooded cave in Laos after being trapped for a week. The group became stranded on 20 May after entering an abandoned gold mine, with heavy rain causing flash flooding that blocked their exit. Footage shared by Thai rescue team MTK Command and Control Center on Thursday (28 May) shows divers reaching the missing men. Rescuers had to squeeze through tiny gaps to reach the five men, who were found crouching together on a rock. Two men from the original group of seven remain unaccounted for following the rescue operation. In fullRescuers squeeze through tiny gaps to reach trapped villagers in flooded Laos caveThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

A dangerous operation to rescue seven villagers trapped in a flooded cave for a week continues to unfold in a mountainous region of Laos, where experts are trying to beat bad…

Cave divers are squeezing through narrow, flooded corridors in a delicate operation to reach seven villagers trapped underground in a cave in Laos for nearly a week.

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Team from neighbouring Thailand has joined mission to reach seven people

Five villagers trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos for over a week have been found alive. Rescuers said Wednesday that two others are still missing.

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Five of the seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Five of the seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

Five villagers trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos for over a week have been found alive

Even before the men went into the Laos cave to fossick for gold, the rain has started. Their families told this masthead that they had been warned not to go, “but they didn’t…

The cave is located in a rugged, remote area in Xaisomboun province’s Longcheng district, about 120 kilometres north of the capital, Vientiane.

Video appears to show divers discovering group sitting on a rock surrounded by flood water, as search efforts continue for the missing

Divers discovered the trapped villagers sitting on a rock surrounded by floodwater; rescuers inside and outside the cave seen cheering, jumping around and hugging each other in…

For now they remain stuck in an underground cavern as rescuers continue to search for the two remaining people.

For now they remain stuck in an underground cavern as rescuers continue to search for the two remaining people.

Thai divers broke through to an area where they found five of the trapped villagers perched on a muddy ledge, but two others remain missing.

The moment that rescuers discovered five of the seven villagers trapped in a flooded Laos cave for a week has been captured on video. Footage shared on social media by Thai rescue…

Seven Lao nationals entered the cave in Xaisomboun province last week before a landslide blocked their exit.

Five villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in Laos for more than a week have been found alive, while two are still missing.

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