New Zealand’s workplace health and safety watchdog on Monday filed charges against 13 parties in relation to the White Island volcano eruption in 2019 that killed 22 people. A majority of the victims were tourists from countries like Australia, the United States and Malaysia who were part of a cruise ship that was travelling around New Zealand. There were 47 people on the island when the volcano erupted.
NZ files charges over White Island volcano disaster
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