Rescuers searching for a two-year-old boy who fell down a narrow well in Malaga are using explosives to reach the space where he's believed to be stuck.
Julen Rosello fell into the narrow borehole after he walked away from his family on a private estate in Totalan, southern Spain on January 13.
Rescue experts have now resorted to using explosives to break through the 10ft wall of hard rock separating rescuers from the narrow shaft where it is believed the toddler is trapped.
Rescuers searching for a two-year-old boy who fell down a narrow well in Malaga are using explosives to reach the space where he's thought to be stuck (pictured, the rescue site today)
There have been no signs of life since Julen fell into the well aside from a few strands of his hair and the bag of sweets he was carrying
More than 100 workers spent 11 days sinking a 300ft relief shaft beside the original well after the toddler disappeared 12 days ago.
Rescue experts, lowered into the new shaft in a capsule, yesterday completed the first 3ft of a horizontal tunnel as they looked to bridge the 13ft gap.
The government's office in the southern province of Malaga said today it had taken around 16 hours to dig through the first half.
There have been no signs of life since Julen fell into the well aside from a few strands of his hair and the bag of sweets he was carrying.
Officials have refused to comment on whether or not the toddler could have survived for this long.
So far, the rescue bid has cost £500,000, but authorities are determined to find the boy and bring him back to the surface in a rescue mission that has gripped Spain.
Julen Rosello, pictured, fell into the bore hole while out with his family near Totalan
The rescuers are being lowered to the bottom of the shaft in this cage before beginning the delicate task of tunnelling into the borehole and hopefully finding Julen
Alfonso Celis, regional government representative, said on Wednesday: 'Members of the Mines Rescue Brigade sent from Asturias (region) have just accessed the vertical well to start excavation in the search for Julen.'
Miners working in rotating shifts will dig a four-metre passage with picks, pneumatic hammers and explosives from the bottom of the shaft towards the borehole, which is 300ft deep and just 10ins wide.
Teams equipped with oxygen masks will work for 40 minutes each in conditions so tight they can only dig kneeling or lying down.
The process of crossing the divide between the two shafts could take up to 24 hours, emergency services chief, Ángel García Vidal, has said.
Meanwhile children and families have been holding candlelight vigils across Spain in support of the missing boy and of the massive rescue operation, even as hopes of finding him alive have faded with each passing day.
Julen's parents, Jose Rosello (in the grey coat) and Vicky Garcia (wearing a yellow scarf), pictured, have been keeping a vigil awaiting news of their missing son
Rescuers have spent 11 days sinking a 300-ft shaft beside a bore hole where 2-year-old Julen fell on January 13. It is understood the rescuers are going to use a capsule in the rescue attempt
The baby fell into this 15-inch wide borehole on the estate on the outskirts of Malaga
Teams of two rescuers are currently trying to dig a 13ft tunnel between the relief shaft and the borehole in the hope of rescuing Julen Rosello
Julen's mother and father, both 29, held each other tightly as they attended a vigil a few minutes from the scene last night. According to Bild, some 300 people also gathered there.
One of those present, Juan José Cortés, was heard praying 'for God to do this miracle and give power to the miners, Julen and his parents.'
Cortés' own five-year-old daughter was found murdered ten years ago after weeks of searching and he has been supporting Julen's family.
Engineers and miners have worked for ten days in a row but have run into various technical problems while drilling a shaft parallel to the well.
Juan Lopez Escobar, one of the engineers in charge of the rescue operation said: 'No miner is left in a mine, and Julen is now considered a miner. Whatever may have happened, a miner is always pulled out.'
He told reporters earlier that digging the horizontal passage would be the most dangerous part of the effort.
Julen's parents suffered another tragedy in 2017 when their three-year-old son died suddenly after suffering a cardiac arrest while walking along a beach.
Members of the public have been holding vigils across Spain praying for Julen
Dozens of people have worked in shifts around the clock to rescue Julen from the shaft
Members of the rescue team watch their colleagues being lowered to the bottom of the shaft
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