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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This handout image released by Metta Tham Rescue Kalasin on May 26, 2026 shows rescue workers inside a cave in Xaisomboun province. Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive on May 27, Laotian and Thai rescuers said. — Metta Tham Rescue Kalasin handout via AFP
VIENTIANE, May 27 — Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive today, Laotian and Thai rescuers said.
“We’ve found 5 people alive and all safe. There are still 2 people we are searching for,” Laotian rescue group Rescue Volunteer for People said in a social media post.
“At 4:30 pm, we found our target. We found five people. We are looking for the other two,” added Thai rescuer Kengkach Bangkawong in a Facebook post.
State media Lao Economic Daily also said five people were found alive.
Seven Laotian villagers entered the cave in central Xaysomboun province, about 125 kilometres (78 miles) northeast of the capital Vientiane, on May 20, Laotian state media said this week.
They were searching for gold but instead got trapped inside the cave after heavy rain triggered flash flooding, blocking their exit, it added.
Specialist rescue diver Mikko Paasi from Finland said earlier Wednesday that rescuers needed to “navigate hundreds of meters (yards) of constant restrictions, flood waters, collapse hazards and high risk of contaminated air quality” inside the cave, which he called an “abandoned gold mine”.
The seven people “should be trapped in the terminal chamber” around 300 metres from the exit, he said in a social media post.
“The area is not owned by anybody,” Laotian rescuer Baeng, who requested one name be used for security reasons, told AFP. “Locals usually go there to dig holes and look for food.” — AFP
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