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Thai rescuers dig to free baby trapped down well

Police say have almost reached 19-month-old girl who fell into 13m-deep hole yesterday

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 07 Feb 2023 4:00PM

Thai rescuers dig to free baby trapped down well
Thai rescuers have been digging through the night to rescue a baby who fell into a well in Tak province, near the Myanmar border yesterday afternoon (pic for illustration purposes only). – Pixabay pic, February 7, 2023

BANGKOK – A baby girl has fallen down a 13-m well in remote rural Thailand, authorities said today, with rescuers digging through the night to save the child.

The girl, aged 19 months, fell into the 30-cm-wide well in Tak province, near the Myanmar border, while playing yesterday afternoon.

Rescuers worked through the night using a mechanical digger to reach the girl, who is the daughter of migrant workers from Myanmar.

“We have almost reached her and she’s still alive,” said Phop Phra police chief Ratsaran Ketsoising.

Video images from the scene showed rescuers in hard hats working at the bottom of a deep gully of red earth, as well as an ambulance standing by. – AFP, February 7, 2023

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