Rescue workers in northern Morocco have been digging around the clock to reach the young child who became trapped at the bottom of the 32m (105ft) deep well after he fell down it on Tuesday night.

Response teams have managed to pass him oxygen and water using a rope but have not been able to reach him to bring him back to the surface.

Thousands of Moroccans have taken to social media to express their sympathy with the boy, causing the hashtag #SaveRayan to trend on Twitter for hours across the country.

"I pray and beg God that he comes out of that well alive and safe," the boy's mother Wassima Kharchich told local television 2M.

"Please God, ease my pain and his, in that hole of dust."

A CCTV camera has been sent down to monitor him, according to Morocco's official MAP news agency.

On Thursday, rescuers used five bulldozers to dig a hole parallel in an attempt to reach the youngster, with local officials saying they have reached 19m deep so far.

"I managed to communicate with the child and ask if he could hear me," Red Crescent volunteer Imad Fahmy told 2M.

"There was a response. I waited for a minute and saw that he began using the oxygen."

Medical staff are on site to attend to the boy, with a helicopter on standby to transport him to the nearest hospital.

Government spokesperson Mustapha Baytas said they are closely monitoring the situation, studying different ways to help save him.