A team of Japanese specialists are expected to arrive in Taiwan on Sunday to help treat burn victims from last month's explosion and fire at a water park, which killed three people and injured around 500, the island's health authorities said.

Minister of Health and Welfare Chiang Been-huang told a news conference Thursday that at least four Japanese burn doctors will arrive Sunday and plan to stay until Friday.

During their stay, they will provide consultations to medical staff at Cheng Hsin General Hospital and Cathay General Hospital, which requested medical assistance from Japan.