사전 경고없이 터진 온다케 화산 30명 사망 추정 Killed by the volcano which erupted without warning: 30 found dead VIDEO

 

Killed by the volcano which erupted without warning: 30 found dead and many more injured in massive explosion of ash and poison gas

 

사전 경고없이 터진 온다케화산 폭발

화산재와 독사스로 인해 30명 사망, 수많은 부상자 발생한 것으로 추정

구조작업은 화산재와 독가스로 인해 지연되고 있으며 해가 지면서 더욱어

어려워지고 있다.

 

Mount Ontake started erupting at lunchtime on Friday spewing out small rock and ash over a two-mile wide area
Police confirm more than 30 hikers have been located in a state of 'cardiac arrest' and are presumed dead
They are Japan's first deaths from volcanic eruption since 1991, when 43 people died at Mount Unzen
Rescue efforts continued today with army helicopters used to airlift survivors from the mountain side

The volcano is 230km west of Tokyo but has not yet caused any disruption to flights in and out of the city
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has instructed the military to rescue the hikers from the area
Rescue efforts have now been called off due to rising levels of toxic gas near summit and approaching nightfall

 

By Darren Boyle for MailOnline and Corey Charlton for MailOnline
Rescue workers are continuing to pull injured and trapped hikers from Mount Ontake in the wake of the sudden volcano on Friday which is believed to have killed more than 30 people.

Many of those still stranded have been taking refuge in mountain lodges - some are injured and unable to descend on their own, while others are unwilling to take the risk.

However, a group of hikers first reported missing near the summit are now presumed dead. The group were located by police in a state of 'cardiac arrest' - but police declined to confirm their deaths pending a formal examination, as per Japanese custom

Military helicopters today plucked seven people off the mountainside and workers were helping others make their way down the slopes. One woman was being carried on a stretcher, and a man with a broken arm was walking down. All were conscious and most could walk, though details of their conditions were unclear.

Japanese television footage also showed a soldier descending from a helicopter to an ash-covered slope, helping latch on a man and then the two of them being pulled up.

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Soldiers, firefighters and police pictured conducting rescue operations on the slopes of the ash-covered volcano 

Desperate rescue: Mount Ontake erupted shortly before noon on Saturday, spewing large white plumes of gas and ash into the sky and blanketing the surroundings

Rescue efforts are now focusing on finding and evacuating survivors from the area. Today seven people were airlifted out by helicopter

A survivor is carried off the volcano by a group of soldiers. Some survivors are unable to descend on their own while others are not willing to take the risk

Rescue workers search for missing climbers and hikers on the volcano after the eruption left dozens injured, missing or stranded

Firefighters and members of Japan's Ground Self Defence Forces conduct rescue operations on Mount Ontake. A blanket of ash covered nearby buildings and land

Two tanks from the Ground Self Defence Force enter Otaki village in a bid to help support the rescue operations

Hundreds of soldiers, police officers and firefighters have moved into the area to help rescue those still stranded on the volcano

News crews and a tank parked side-by-side in the area near Mount Ontake a day after the volcano erupted without warning

Smoke continues to emanate from Mount Ontake a day after the eruption which stranded more than about 40 hikers and injured another 42

The Self-Defense Force, as Japan's military is called, has deployed seven helicopters and 250 troops. Police and fire departments are also taking part in the rescue effort.
An official in the area said rescue efforts for had now been called off due to rising levels of toxic gas near the peak, as well as approaching nightfall

Most of those caught in the eruption made their way down at the time, but about 40 spent the first night near the peak. Some wrapped themselves in blankets and huddled in the basement of buildings.
'The roof on the mountain lodge was destroyed by falling rock, so we had to take refuge below the building,' one told NHK national television. 'That's how bad it was.'

 

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