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Bangkok Post
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Toddler saved from deep well, 18-hour overnight rescue

Rescuers gently carry the Myanmar toddler out of the deep well she had fallen into in Phop Phra district of Tak on Tuesday morning, ending an 18-hour overnight rescue. (Photo: Payap rescue club, Phop Phra district)

A 19-month-old girl who fell down a narrow well was finally lifted to safety after an 18-hour overnight rescue at a cassava plantation in Phop Phra district of Tak province.

Rescuers cleared the girl from the 13-metre well around 10.45am on Tuesday. She was shocked and upset but otherwise safe, and was later taken to Phop Phra Hospital.

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