A major eruption started at Guatemalan Fuego volcano around 16:00 UTC (10:00 local time) on June 3, 2018. The eruption ejected volcanic ash up to 10 km (32,800 feet) above sea level and produced massive lava and pyroclastic flows in its most violent eruption in more than 40 years. At least 62 people were killed and 300 injured. The death toll is expected to rise. It was Fuego’s second major eruption this year and the most violent since 1974. Lava and pyroclastic flows descended down the
mountain and into nearby communities while volcanic ash rained down on communities up to 30 km (18 miles) from the volcano. “It’s a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the small town of El Rodeo. There are injured, burned and dead people,” Sergio Cabanas, the general secretary of Guatemala’s CONRED national disaster management agency, said. “Unfortunately El Rodeo was buried and we haven’t been able to reach the La Libertad village because of the lava and maybe there are people that died there too,” Cabanas said. READ MORE
