Guatemala evacuates villages due to an eruption of the Fuego volcano
- On Monday, the Fuego volcano erupted, intensifying by nightfall with lava flows and ash plumes reaching six kilometers into the air near Guatemala City, located 35 kilometers away.
- Conred declared a nationwide orange alert as The Institute of Volcanology warned the volcano is "moving towards a more explosive phase." Guatemala lies on the Pacific "Ring of Fire."
- Officials began evacuating two villages near the volcano's slopes on Monday, while ash fell on nearby communities. Conred spokesperson Valeria Urizar advised residents to "follow the principle of self-evacuation" if conditions pose risk.
- Authorities suspended local school activities and closed a road connecting the south coast to the colonial city of Antigua, a UNESCO World Heritage site, restricting access as a precaution.
- Fuego has erupted repeatedly in recent years, including a 2023 event that displaced around 1,200 people and a 2018 eruption that killed 215 people when lava flows devastated a nearby village.
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The Fuego entered the eruptive phase on Monday morning, with its activity increasing the following hours. "The volcano is going through one of its most critical explosive phases", with mud rivers, incandescent stones, gas and ashes, according to the director of the Institute of VulcanologyThe powerful eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala forced the authorities to evacuate at least 1,700 inhabitants of areas close to the crater, as well as …
The volcano near Guatemala's capital is in its most intense phase: More than a thousand people have already had to be evacuated, and in some areas, the alert level is red. Source link: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/vulkan-in-guatemala-ausgebrochen-volcan-de-fuego-stoesst-aschewolke-aus-a-4e689b9f-41e6-4dab-af81-e2bc62c5dbb4#ref=rss Author: Publish date: 2026-08-04 23:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked source.
In Guatemala, after the renewed eruption of the Fuego volcano, the authorities have declared the highest level of alert for three administrative districts.
The highly active fire volcano in Guatemala has alerted residents. Around 1,400 people are brought to safety.
The Guatemalan authorities remained on alert on Tuesday for the eruption of the Volcán de Fuego that began the day before and forced hundreds of people living in the colossus' skirts to evacuate.
The fire volcano near Guatemala's capital is in its "most intensive phase": more than a thousand people have already had to be brought to safety, some of them with a red alert.
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