KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- A man is rescued after becoming trapped while exploring a cave in a rugged part of Monroe County Thursday night.

Monroe County Rescue Squad Volunteers responded to the cave off Red River Road about 7:15 p.m.

Steven Sloan, 20, of Madisonville had been trapped for about an hour when rescuers arrived.

The East Tennessee Cave Rescue team and Hamilton County Cave Rescue team also responded.

A vertical rescue team from the Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad was also activated.

Just after 9:30 p.m. rescue workers announced Sloan had been rescued.

He was suffering from a mild case of hypothermia.