It is a phenomenon known as Volcán de Fuego, which had already caused an avalanche of burning material on June 3, 2018.
He volcano most active of Central Americabetter known as Volcán de Fuego, erupted this Thursday in Guatemala and images quickly went viral on social networks where you can see the expulsion of ash and lava.
The Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred)the entity in charge of civil protection, reported it through a statement: “An increase in the activity of the Fuego volcano is confirmed.”
The authorities indicated that there may be an increase in emissions during the next few hours, “forming higher columns of gas and ash, violent ash-laden explosions and lava flows in other directions.”
The lava, according to a bulletin from the Institute of Volcanology published by the Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred), could reach about five or seven kilometers from the crater. For this reason, the volcano is already under constant monitoring due to its proximity to various communities.
The most active volcano in Central America: the images
In the videos you can see the phenomenon of nature: columns of gas and ash dispersed to the southwest of the 3,763-meter-tall colossuslocated 35 km southwest of Guatemala City, between the departments of Escuintla, Chimaltenango and Sacatepéquez.
However, the eruptions at Volcán de Fuego have a recent history. Last December, an eruption of the same volcano prompted authorities to close the capital’s airport and a busy highway that communicates the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala with the south of the country.
The Fuego volcano caused an avalanche of burning material on June 3, 2018 that devastated the San Miguel Los Lotes community in Escuintla and part of that highway in Sacatepéquez, leaving 215 dead and a similar number missing.
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