Jenolan Caves, Blue Mountains rescue: Two rescued after they were trapped for ten hours
Two people who were trapped for 10 hours while exploring a cave in Sydney’s west have been rescued.
Emergency services were called to the Jenolan Caves, west of the Blue Mountains, at around 7.20pm on Saturday after reports of several people trapped in a cave.
Police said a man and a woman, who were part of a group of six people from a caving club in Canberra, were exploring a cave when both became stuck.
Emergency services were called to the Jenolan Caves, west of the Blue Mountains, at around 7.20pm on Saturday after reports of several people trapped in a cave (pictured)
Rescuers drilled into underground rocks to excavate a path for the trapped man and woman. After almost 10 hours, the pair were released and reported no injuries
Ambulance Special Operations Teams, SES and cave rescue volunteers arrived on the scene and drilled underground into the rock to excavate a path to rescue the couple.
After almost 10 hours, the man and woman were rescued from the cave and examined by paramedics.
There were no reports of injuries; the man and woman went home just before 5 a.m. on Sunday.
Jenolan Caves (pictured) is located about a three-hour drive west of both Sydney and Canberra and features a series of underground caverns and passageways believed to extend some 40km underground
Jenolan Caves is located about a three-hour drive west of both Sydney and Canberra.
The cathedral-like open cave system is said to be the oldest in the world; scientists estimate it to be about 340 million years old.
A series of underground caverns and winding passageways span 40 kilometers underground.