Some 300 people evacuated as Colima volcano in Mexico may erupt

  01 October 2016    Read: 1091
Some 300 people evacuated as Colima volcano in Mexico may erupt
Chief operating officer of the State System of Civil Protection said that some 300 villagers have been evacuated to a nearby shelter because of the threat of the Colima volcano eruption in western Mexico.
Some 300 villagers have been evacuated to a nearby shelter because of the threat of the Colima volcano eruption in western Mexico, chief operating officer of the State System of Civil Protection Melchor Ursua Quiroz said Saturday.

“Areas of temporary dwellings, which allow to locate approximately 300 people from La Becerrera, La Yerbabuena and San Antonio settlements in the municipality of Comala and other villages, have already been opened,” Quiroz said as quoted by the Informador newspaper.

The activity of the Colima volcano increased late on Friday, leading to the release of a large amount of magma, he added.

The Colima volcano, located in western Mexico between the states of Colima and Jalisco, is one of the most active volcanos in the country with more than 40 eruptions recorded since 1576.

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