Ilu Niu silandii ọlọpa fi idi rẹ mulẹ pe o kere ju eniyan marun ni o ti ku leyin ti eefin onina jade lati eti okun ti Bay of Plenty. Ti ṣe ifilọlẹ iṣẹ igbala kan larin awọn ijabọ pe ni ayika awọn eniyan 50 le ti wa tabi sunmọ erekusu naa.

Awọn ọlọpa ni iṣaaju sọ pe o kere ju eniyan 50 le ti sunmọ tabi lori erekusu lakoko ibesile naa, ati pe diẹ ninu wọn ṣi “a ko mọ,” lakoko ti a ti gbe awọn miiran kuro. O kere ju eniyan kan ti o royin bi o ti farapa ni ipalara.

Pupọ ninu awọn ti o ti ni ipa nipasẹ iburu naa ni a sọ lati jẹ awọn aririn ajo ti o de erekusu lori ọkọ oju-omi oju omi ‘Ovation ti Okun,’ ọkọ oju-omi oju omi titobi julọ loju ipa-ọna naa.

“Ni ipele yii, o lewu pupọ fun awọn ọlọpa ati igbala lati lọ si erekusu naa It [O ti wa ni bo lọwọlọwọ ni eeru ati ohun elo onina,” Igbakeji Komisona ọlọpa John Tims sọ fun awọn onirohin.

Eefin onina naa nwaye ni nkan bi 2: 11 ni irọlẹ agbegbe, n jade awọn erupẹ ti ashru ati eefin grẹy 12,000 ẹsẹ si afẹfẹ.

A ti kede agbegbe ti ko si fo ni ayika erekusu naa.

Bi o ti jẹ pe onina ti n ṣiṣẹ julọ ti orilẹ-ede naa, ti o ni itara si awọn ibesile lojiji, White Island ti jẹ ifamọra oniriajo olokiki, fifamọra awọn eniyan ti awọn alejo ti o ni itara lojoojumọ lori ọkọ oju-omi ati awọn irin-ajo ti nrin.

OHUN TO MU KURO NINU AKOKO YI:

The majority of those who have been affected by the eruption are said to be tourists who arrived on the island on board the cruise ship ‘Ovation of the Sea,' the largest cruise vessel on the route.
Police earlier said that fewer than 50 people may have been near or on the island during the eruption, and some of them are still “unaccounted for,” while others have been evacuated.
A rescue operation has been launched amid reports that around 50 people may have been on or near the island.