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Up to 50 people were believed to be on the island. Five people are known to have died and 23 were rescued, some of them critically ill with burn injuries.
Police believe anyone who could have been found alive was evacuated.
Rescuers have been unable to search the island because of the risk of new eruptions, and it is now dark.
Tourists were seen walking inside the crater of White Island volcano moments before it erupted.