OVER 30 PEOPLE FEARED DEAD NEAR JAPANESE VOLCANO AFTER ERUPTION (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Sunday, September 28, 2014, 11:02

Over 30 people are feared dead near the erupting Ontake volcano in central Japan, police reported. The volcano started erupting on Saturday, sending ash clouds down the mountain’s slope for more than 3 kilometers.

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The people were found by police officers in a state of "cardiopulmonary arrest” near the top of the volcano, NHK national news reported.

“We have confirmed that more than 30 individuals in cardiac arrest have been found near the summit,” a spokesman for Nagano prefecture police told AFP.

At least four people have been confirmed dead, NHK has reported.

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