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Hundreds flee as Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, sending lava and ash flows down slopes

  • residents were evacuated from the slopes of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes towards an area devastated by a 2018 eruption.
  • The volcano had been emitting ash clouds that could affect up to 100,000 people in surrounding communities.
  • Four gullies on the volcano were flowing with lahars, mudflows that can bury towns.
  • Residents were taken to shelters in the nearby hamlet of Panimache.
  • The Volcano of Fire is one of the most active volcanoes in Central America.
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