![]() ![]() The ash column ejected by Fuego reached more than 6,000 meters (some 19,000 feet) above sea level.Ĭonred said ash was falling to the west and southwest of the volcano, in a direction away from the capital Guatemala City, which is 22 miles (35 kilometers) to the northeast. Guatemala’s Conred disaster centre said the volcano named Fuego, Spanish for “fire,” was sending out “pyroclastic flows” - a high-temperature mix of gas, ash and rock fragments “which descend with great speed down the flanks of the volcanic complex.” He said that number was likely to rise as a full accounting of the evacuees was carried out. ![]() Civil protection official Oscar Cossio said 1,054 people had been evacuated from five communities near the foot of the volcano and moved to a sports hall for shelter. ![]()
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