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The fiery lava viewed from the volcano near the capital, because the disaster agency issues a warning to nearby residents.
The Guatemahs authorities ordered the evacuation of hundreds of people, after the most active volcano in Central America spats gas and ash ash meters in the sky.
According to a emergency bulletin published late Thursday by the country’s national coordinator for the reduction of disasters (Cond), Fire volcano (Volcano of Fire) emitted hot gases and volcanic materials recorded up to 7 km (4 miles) from the eruption site.
Residents of the communities near the volcano, which is located about 35 km (22 miles) from the capital, Guatemala City, were invited to move to shelters.
Juan Laureano, spokesperson for Conmed, said that at least 594 people were transferred to shelters of five communities in the regions of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepequez, reported the Associated Press news agency. Given the volcanic activity, the number of evacues was to increase.
The government has suspended the courses in 39 schools and closed a road connecting the south of the country to the colonial city of Antigua, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, said Conmed.
The images published on social networks have shown an ardent lava that flowed from the volcano and a mixture of ash, rocks and water that rage on the slopes of the volcano after the eruption.
Conmed said that the mixture of ash and gas spitting in the sky affected several communities to the northwest, west and southwest of the volcano.
The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology of Guatemala (Insivumeh) said that volcanic activity should last 40 hours.
According to reports, the ash clouds could reach altitudes between 3,000 and 7,000 meters (2 to 4 miles) with the potential for the assignment of air navigation.
THE 3,763 meters (12,350 feet)) Fuego volcano is one of the most active in Central America, causing several mass evacuations in recent years due to eruptions, the most recent of which in March.
In 2018, 215 people were killed And more than 200 have disappeared when lava rivers flowed into the slopes of the volcano, devastating a neighboring village, after an eruption.
