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| Mexico's Volcano of Fire blows huge ash cloud | |
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| skibboy | 22 Nov 2014, 02:07 AM Post #1 |
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21 November 2014 Mexico's Volcano of Fire blows huge ash cloud ![]() © AFP/File | General view of the Volcano of fire projecting a fumarole on June 10, 2005, in Yerbabuena, Mexico MEXICO CITY (AFP) - An explosion on western Mexico's Volcano of Fire blew out a giant column of ash on Friday that rained down on some towns. The ash cloud rose five kilometres (three miles) above the volcano in the state of Colima, but posed no immediate threat to the population, national civil protection coordinator Luis Felipe Puente said. The ash cloud travel a distance of 25 kilometres, and a "light ash fall" was reported in a town in Colima and two others in the neighbouring state of Jalisco, Puente told Foro television. "We recommend that people cover their nose and mouth, protect sources of potable water, and avoid dumping ash in drainage systems because it hardens with the moisture," he said. An explosion had been expected ever since a dome formed inside the crater in January 2013, and the formation needed to break, Puente said. The volcanic explosion was weaker than in March 2005, when the volcano registered its biggest volcanic activity in almost a quarter century, he added. Source:
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