Chiang Rai, (Thailand): Rescue workers in Thailand brought out Monday four more people from a flooded cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks, apparently taking the total number rescued to eight.
A Reuters witness near the Tham Luang cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai saw medical personnel carrying four people out of the cave to waiting ambulances on Monday evening.
The rescue operation was launched Sunday and four boys were brought out that day. They and were in good condition in hospital, officials said.
A fifth boy was brought out earlier on Monday, a navy official said. Reuters could not confirm the identity of the two people brought out in the evening and the chief of the rescue mission, Narongsak Osottanakorn, asked about the two, declined to comment, saying a news conference would be held soon.
The “Wild Boars” soccer team and their coach got trapped June 23 when they set out to explore the vast cave complex after soccer practice, when a rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels.
British divers found the 13, huddled on a muddy bank in a partly flooded chamber several kilometres inside the complex, Monday last week.
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