Laos and Thai rescue groups posted about the successful operation on social media, along with photos of the men lying on stretchers, wearing oxygen masks and being wrapped in foil blankets.
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A Laos rescue organization said that the water level inside the cave had receded enough for the four miners to leave with divers.
Four men trapped in Laos cave while looking for gold have been rescued alive after 10 days, with two men still missing.
Two of the seven villagers who entered the narrow tunnels in search for gold on 20 May are still missing.
Rescuers say five people have now been recovered, while two remain missing.
Search efforts to find two missing men were expected to continue on Saturday after rescuers freed the last of the five men found alive on a rock.
Rescuers pulled four people trapped in a flooded cave in Laos, Thai rescuers said on Saturday.
Rescuers say they have safely brought out 4 trapped villagers from a flooded cave in Laos.
Four people trapped for more than a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been safely evacuated by rescuers.
Rescue workers in Laos have worked to safely free villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days ...