About 250 residents were evacuated from the foothills of Guatemala’s fiery volcano on Thursday as scorching rock and ash flowed down the slopes towards an area devastated by a deadly 2018 eruption.
Firefighters said residents of Panimache hamlet were taken to shelters.
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Guatemala’s disaster agency said the volcano spewed clouds of ash that could affect up to 100,000 people in communities around the summit.
The 12,300-foot-tall fire volcano is one of the most active in Central America. The 2018 eruption killed 194 people and left 234 others missing.
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The volcano’s greatest danger is the lahars, a mixture of ash, rock, mud and debris, which can bury entire cities.
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The disaster agency said such lahars flowed down four of the seven gullies on the volcano’s flanks.