Guatemala evacuates villages due to an eruption of the Fuego volcano
Authorities raised the alert to the second-highest level and moved residents from danger zones as ash and lava spread from the crater.
- 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 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.
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.
Guatemala is on alert and evacuates hundreds of villagers after eruption of the Fuego volcano
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating hundreds of people following an eruption of the Fuego volcano, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and one of Central America’s most active volcanoes. The country’s disaster management agency said 659 people were evacuated from eight villages in the danger area [...]
An eruption of the so-called fire volcano in 2018 kills around 200 people. Now there is another outbreak in Guatemala. More than 1400 people have to leave the area - but some spectators enter the restricted area.
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Le Journal de MontrealThe authorities of Guatemala launched a red alert, the highest level, in the areas affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano.
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