Rescue workers battling rocketing levels of sulphurous gas found 31 people in “cardiac arrest” — some reportedly buried in knee-deep ash — near the summit of 3067-metre Mount Ontake, which erupted around noon on Saturday, police and local officials said.
Four victims were brought down and confirmed dead, one day after Mount Ontake’s big initial eruption, said Takehiko Furukoshi, a Nagano prefecture crisis-management official.
All four were men, broadcaster NHK reported.
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