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5th June 2011, 06:48
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Thousands of people in Chile have received evacuation orders after the southern Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century.
Some 3,500 people were ordered to evacuate their homes as the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain produced a 10-kilometer high column of smoke, AFP reported.
"You can see the fire (in the volcano) and a plume of smoke, and there's a strong smell of sulfur," top Los Rios region official Juan Andres said.
Chile's government had initially ordered the evacuation of 600 people, but later expanded the order to 3,500 people. A red alert, which is the maximum warning level, has been issued by authorities.
As a result of the eruption, a cloud of ash fanned by wind could be seen in neighboring Argentina's resort town of Bariloche, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of the volcano. The border crossing between Argentina and Chile has also been closed.
Puyehue is located 870 kilometers (540 miles) south of the Chilean capital, Santiago, in the Andes Mountains. Its last major eruption happened in 1960, following a 9.5 magnitude earthquake.
Chile's chain of about 2,000 volcanoes is the world's second largest after Indonesia.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/183241.html
Thousands of people in Chile have received evacuation orders after the southern Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century.
Some 3,500 people were ordered to evacuate their homes as the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain produced a 10-kilometer high column of smoke, AFP reported.
"You can see the fire (in the volcano) and a plume of smoke, and there's a strong smell of sulfur," top Los Rios region official Juan Andres said.
Chile's government had initially ordered the evacuation of 600 people, but later expanded the order to 3,500 people. A red alert, which is the maximum warning level, has been issued by authorities.
As a result of the eruption, a cloud of ash fanned by wind could be seen in neighboring Argentina's resort town of Bariloche, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of the volcano. The border crossing between Argentina and Chile has also been closed.
Puyehue is located 870 kilometers (540 miles) south of the Chilean capital, Santiago, in the Andes Mountains. Its last major eruption happened in 1960, following a 9.5 magnitude earthquake.
Chile's chain of about 2,000 volcanoes is the world's second largest after Indonesia.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/183241.html