US EditionRescuers work to free an injured cave explorer trapped more than 130 feet underground in Italy
PIEDMONT, ITALY, JUL 20 – Rescuers used explosives to widen cave passages and treated the injured man for a head injury preventing self-evacuation, officials said.
- A 62-year-old speleologist became trapped in the Abisso Paperino cave near Ormea in Italy's Piedmont region on Sunday after sustaining a head injury from falling rocks.
- The injury prevented him from exiting unaided, prompting an urgent rescue operation by Italy's National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps.
- Rescuers provided medical care to the man inside a heated tent situated about 40 meters below ground and employed controlled blasts at three critical spots within the cave to enlarge the passages for his safe removal.
- The Abisso Paperino cave extends approximately 170 meters underground, or about 557 feet, and includes a fossil gallery near the Swiss Alps foothills in northwest Italy.
- Rescuers successfully freed and carried the injured explorer to the surface on Monday, with photos documenting the operation showing he remained in good condition.
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