Fears it may be too late to save boy, 5, trapped 100ft down well

Rescuers haven't been in a position to decide the boy’s situation (Image: AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

Determined efforts to rescue a five-year-old boy trapped down a properly in northern Morocco have stretched right into a fourth day.

Rescuers have been frantically making an attempt to dig all the way down to the little boy, who fell into the 100ft-deep properly within the village of Ighran, Chefchaouen province, on Tuesday.

They believe they're simply metres from him, however because the operation drags on there are rising fears it could be too late to save lots of the teenager.

The rescue has gripped the nation and messages of assist have flooded in from all over the world after video footage earlier this week confirmed the boy, known as Rayan, nonetheless alive.

However this morning, the pinnacle of the rescue committee, Abdelhadi Temrani, mentioned: ‘It isn't doable to find out the kid’s situation in any respect at the moment.

‘However we hope to God that the kid is alive.’

For 3 days, rescuers used bulldozers to dig a parallel ditch to the properly.

Yesterday they began excavating a horizontal tunnel to achieve Rayan however their efforts have been hampered by unstable soil.

Morocco’s MAP information company mentioned that specialists in topographical have been engineering known as to assist.

It’s an advanced rescue mission (Image: AP)

Rescuers assume they're simply two metres from Rayan (Image: AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

Chatting with native tv 2M, Mr Temrani mentioned rescuers had simply two meters left to dig on Saturday to achieve the opening the place the boy is trapped.

‘The diggers encountered a tough rock on their method, and have been subsequently very cautious to keep away from any landslides or cracks,’ he mentioned.

‘It took about 5 hours to do away with the rock as a result of the digging was gradual and was performed in a cautious strategy to keep away from creating cracks within the gap from beneath, which may threaten the lifetime of the kid in addition to the rescue staff.’

The work has been particularly troublesome due to fears that the soil surrounding the properly may collapse on Rayan.

Medical workers, together with specialists in resuscitation, are on web site to take care of Rayan as soon as he's pulled out, with a helicopter on standby to move him to the closest hospital.

Efforts have been hampered by unstable soil (Image: AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

Tons of of individuals have despatched messages of sympathy to Rayan’s household (Image: AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

His distraught mother and father have been joined by tons of of villagers who've gathered to observe the rescue operation.

Ighran is dwelling to about 500 individuals and is dotted with deep wells.

A lot of them are used for irrigating hashish crops which is the primary supply of revenue for a lot of within the poor, distant and arid Rif Mountains.

Most have protecting covers and the precise circumstances of how Rayan fell within the properly are unclear.

His father Khalid Agoram advised an area broadcaster he had looked for his son for hours earlier than discovering he had fallen into the properly.

Nationwide, Moroccans have provided their sympathy to the teenager’s household by means of social media utilizing the hashtag #SaveRayan.

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