White Island volcano: police open inquiry as sixth person dies
New Zealand police say no one still alive on island, and more injured people may die
New Zealand police have launched an investigation into the eruption of the White Island volcano, as further details emerged of the scale of the disaster in which at least six people died and a further eight are feared to have perished.
“I would strongly suggest that there is no one that has survived on the island,” the New Zealand police deputy commissioner, John Tims, said in Wellington.