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.
The villagers went into the cave in the central Laotian province of Xaisomboun last Wednesday in search of gold, but heavy rain triggered flash flooding which blocked the exit, the Associated Press reported, citing Laos and Thai rescue teams.
Two Thai and a Finnish divers who helped in the 2018 dramatic cave rescue of a young soccer team in Thailand arrived at the site Monday to join the effort to free the trapped villagers, state-run Laophattana News reported.
To reach the trapped…