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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.

Phop Phra district chief Sanya Phetset, other local leaders and villagers waited anxiously at the scene as  rescuers worked to save the child.

The toddler is the child of Myanmar…

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