Residents Evacuated as Volcano of Fire Spews Lava

Residents Evacuated as Volcano of Fire Spews Lava
People gather inside a gym set up as a shelter for those evacuating from the slopes of the Fuego volcano in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala on March 8, 2022. Moises Castillo/AP Photo
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About 500 residents evacuated voluntarily from the slopes of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Tuesday as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly 2018 eruption.

The National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology said in a statement that around 3 a.m. local time on Tuesday the volcano’s activity began to diminish.