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A New Zealand paramedic has likened the Whakaari eruption to Chernobyl

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A New Zealand paramedic who was deployed in a rescue helicopter shortly after the Whakaari volcanic eruption has likened the ash cloud to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
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