Eruzione del vulcano Fuego in Guatemala: evacuati i residenti

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People cross a street covered with ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

People walk next to a car covered with ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A tourist covers his face with a surgical mask as he walks to protect himself from the ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A waiter sweeps the ash covered terrace of a restaurant, from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A traffic police officer covers his face with a mask as he works on a street covered covered with ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Rooftops and San Francisco church, background, are covered with ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A family covers their faces with surgical masks as they walk next to a car covered with ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A tourist covers his face as he walks next to a car covered with ash from the eruption of the Fuego Volcano at Antigua Guatemala, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala said that the Fire Volcano has erupted, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. (ANSA/AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

GUATEMALA CITY. Il vulcano Fuego ha cominciato ad eruttare roccia incandescente e cenere. Le autorità hanno lanciato l'allerta. Fuego è uno dei vulcani più attivi dell'America centrale e si trova a una cinquantina di chilometri da Città di Guatemala, tra i dipartimenti di Escuintla, Sacatepequez e Chimaltenango. Il vulcano ha un'altezza di 3.763 metri sul livello del mare. È cominciata l'evacuazione dei residenti nella zona circostante al vulcano dopo l'eruzione che ha coperto l'area di roccia incandescente e cenere nel sud del Guatemala: lo ha annunciato il presidente del Paese, Otto Perez, riporta la Bbc online. L'aeroporto internazionale della capitale, Guatemala City, è stato chiuso, ha aggiunto Perez, ma dovrebbe riaprire nel corso della giornata odierna. Il vulcano si trova circa 40 chilometri a sud ovest della capitale. L'eruzione precedente risale al settembre 2012, la più potente dal 1999, quando le autorità evacuarono migliaia di persone.

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