Rescuers have described the 'Chernobyl-like' scenes after the Whakaari /White Island volcano eruption.
First responders have described the"Chernobyle-like" scene they were confronted with when they went to search for survivors on New Zealand's White Island shortly after Monday's volcanic eruption.
"I can only imagine what it was like for the people there at the time - they had nowhere to go and an absolutely terrible experience for them."with another eight presumed to have died in the disaster. Thirty-one people are in hospital with the majority suffering burns to more than a third of their body.
"Those pilots made an incredibly brave decision under extraordinarily dangerous circumstances in an attempt to get people out," she told reporters.Commercial helicopter pilot Mark Law was one of the first to arrive and helped rescue 12 people. "He went back again and again, ignoring the toxic environment and personal risk, until he was satisfied there were no more obvious survivors remaining."
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