El Corpus , Honduras ( CNN ) -- Three of 11 miners who were trapped in a Honduran gold mine this week were rescued Friday morning , freed nearly two days after a landslide blocked their path out . After rescuers brought the three out of the mine near the town of El Corpus , live footage shown on Honduran network Televicentro showed ambulances driving them away . Scores of Red Cross volunteers , firefighters and others have been trying to free the miners since a landslide blocked a tunnel late Wednesday , El Corpus Mayor Luis Rueda said . Information on the conditions of the three freed miners and the eight who remained in the mine was n't immediately available . The miners freed Friday had long been in contact with rescuers , who were able to give them water early in the rescue effort , the Red Cross said . Before the rescue , Rueda told CNN that efforts to reach the miners were progressing `` slowly and with difficulty , '' in part because there were risks of another landslide . Fire department spokesman Oscar Triminio also told reporters that rescuers were not using heavy machinery , because the mine was unstable . Arrests in deadly Turkish mine fire . Overpass collapse at World Cup host city leaves 2 dead . Death toll in India building collapse rises .
Eleven miners trapped by landslide on Wednesday night near El Corpus , Honduras . Three rescued Friday morning . Score: 6