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The complex rescue operation of the twelve children and their football coach trapped in a cave in Thailand two weeks ago began this Sunday successfully, they saved four of them. among them, but the other nine will have to wait until the evacuation is resumed in "ten hours minimum", reports the crisis cell

According to the balance reported by the team of rescuers to AFP , four boys have already left, each of them being guided by two professional divers

After leaving this cave in northern Thailand, they were taken with ambulances to Chiang Hospital Rai. AFP reporters checked how they had left the place towards a heliport

"The next rescue operation will begin in at least 10 hours," said Narongsak Osottanakorn, the head of the crisis cell. Osottanakorn announced this Sunday morning that it would be "a great day", since the evacuation should begin.

The children "will go out one by one, it will last two or three days", Chalongchai Chaiyakorn, one of the leaders of the crisis cell, said:

The operation involved "thirteen world-renowned specialists from countries with experience "in caving who are already heading to the place where the children are," added Ossottanakorn

The children were surprised by a rise in water level on June 23 in this cave in northern Thailand, on the border with Burma and Laos. s "

At the present time, no image of the operation has been made public, since the Thai authorities have created a large security perimeter around the cave.

The crisis team considers that the current conditions evacuation is "perfect", especially with regard to the level of water in the cave.

Rescuers ordered to evacuate the area of the cave Sunday morning to clear the place and "help the victims."

"All those who are not involved in the operation must leave the area immediately," the police announced by loudspeaker in the place, where hundreds of reporters are. "We must use the area to help the victims."

The announcement was followed by a descent into the camp, raised by journalists, with cameras and cots to keep the best positions during the tour

Before the mbad arrival of journalists for days, the authorities have installed metal barriers to keep them at bay and allow rescuers to work without cameras around them.

For the past few days, rescue services have been investigating whether or not to carry out a dangerous evacuation, as the monsoon rains that should soon be falling could ruin the ongoing efforts of the past few days to pump the water out of the water. Cave.

Exit before the rain

The rescue services managed to stabilize the oxygen levels by inserting a pipeline of several kilometers to bring this gas to the place where the boys are cornered.

But the rains could come in the next few days could reduce much of the muddy salient in which the group takes refuge.

The death of an exbuzo of the Thai Navy on Friday during a supply operation illustrates the level of risk of the trip.

In addition, Saturday night an intense downpour fell for half an hour which reminded the urgency of evacuating the children.

It is because of the monsoon rains that the children were caught after deciding, for a reason that is still not clear, to visit the cave after his football training, with the young coach, 25 years old.

As an alternative to diving evacuation, teams made about 100 vertical holes in the mountain. Some of them are shallow, but one is about 400 meters deep. No drilling of this type has been announced on Sunday morning.