30 People Rescued After Being Trapped in Malaysian Cave

30 People Rescued After Being Trapped in Malaysian Cave
The entrance of Tempurung Cave in Perak state, about 200 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Dec. 24, 2020. AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—About 30 members of a film crew who were trapped in a limestone cave in northern Malaysia during heavy rain Wednesday have been rescued, police said.

Perak police chief Mohamad Yusri Hassan Basri was quoted by the Utusan Malaysia newspaper as saying that the people were trapped when water level near the cave’s exit rose to about 1.5 meters (5 feet) due to heavy rains.