TOKYO: Japanese rescuers have found more than 30 bodies near the peak of an erupting volcano, Mount Ontake, media reported.
According to reports, the rescuers have found as many as 30 bodies near the peak of the volcano. The victims have been described as not breathing and their hearts have stopped.
The official from Nagano prefecture police says details of where the bodies were found Sunday and their identities were not immediately known.
Mount Ontake in central Japan erupted shortly before noon Saturday, spewing large white plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and blanketing the surrounding area in ash. About 250 people were initially trapped on the slopes, but most made their way down by Saturday night.
 Military helicopters plucked seven people from a Japanese mountainside Sunday after a spectacular volcanic eruption sent officials scrambling to reach many more injured and stranded on the mountain.
Mount Ontake, about 210 kilometres west of Tokyo, sits on the border of Nagano and Gifu prefectures, on the main Japanese island of Honshu. The volcano’s last major eruption was in 1979
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