Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire erupts, forcing more than 33,000 to evacuate

As ash billows out of Guatemala’s 12,346-foot-high (3,763-meter-high) Volcano of Fire, the director of the national disaster agency says officials are carrying out “a massive evacuation of thousands of people.”

The evacuees are leaving some 17 villages around the Volcano of Fire (Volcan de Fuego), which sits about 10 miles (16 km) from the colonial city of Antigua.

The evacuation began after the volcano began spewing lava nearly 2,000 feet (600 m) down its slopes on Thursday.

http://news.yahoo.com/guatemalas-volcano-fire-erupts-forcing-thousands-evacuate-184641008.html

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012/09/13/guatemalas-volcano-of-fire-erupts-33000-evacuated/57777654/1

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/guatemala-volcano-of-fire-eruption_n_1881764.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/09/13/guatemala-volcano-eruption-evacuated.html

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