Team searches for boy trapped in well

The search for a 5-year-old boy, who has been trapped in a dry well since Sunday morning, is underway in a village in Lixian county, Hebei province, a local government official said.

The boy, Zhao Zicong, accidentally fell into the well, about 40 meters deep and 35 cm wide, while he was playing with his older sister, according to a report by Yanzhao Evening News.

A rescue team have sent oxygen into the well, and used more than 60 excavators and other rescue vehicles to excavate the land around the well.