Five of the men were located alive on Wednesday, huddling in a narrow shaft around 300 metres from the cave mouth.

A rescue team freed one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than a week, the group working at the site said.

May 27 (UPI) -- Five of seven men trapped in a cave in a remote area of Laos for more than a week were found alive on Wednesday following an international rescue operation involving more than 100 volunteer personnel.

Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos have been found alive, Laotian and Thai rescuers have said.