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Guatemala evacuates villages due to an eruption of the Fuego volcano
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Key Points:
- Authorities in Guatemala have ordered evacuations in two southern communities near the Fuego volcano following an eruption that began Monday morning and intensified throughout the day.
- The eruption has produced large clouds of gas and ash, lava fountains reaching 650 to 1,000 feet, and fast-moving pyroclastic flows down the volcano's slopes.
- Approximately 50 families (around 250 people) from El Porvenir and Las Lajitas are being evacuated as a precaution, with an orange alert declared and ash expected to spread to nearby towns.
- National Route 14, a major highway near the volcano, has been closed, and classes have been suspended in surrounding areas by the Education Ministry.
- The Fuego volcano is one of Guatemala’s most active, with a devastating eruption in 2018 killing hundreds and destroying a village, and a previous eruption last June also prompting preventive evacuations.
