Rescue team chief explains operations on erupting volcano

Rescue team chief explains operations on erupting volcano

TOKYO, Japan - Masashi Yanaoka, head of a "hyper rescue team" dispatched by the Tokyo Fire Department for relief operations on Mt. Ontake in central Japan after its eruption, explains the work at the department in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2014.

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