The Fuego volcano furiously erupted on June 3, 2018 at 8:15 am (local time) for the second time in 2018 ejecting ash 10,000 meters above sea level. This major eruption is considered one of the strongest in recent years. Several cities in the departments of Sacatepéquez and Chinaltenango departments have been covered in ashes. Ashfall has also been reported in the Capital City, about 30km away.
The eruption of the volcano, located in the south of Guatemala, has generated strong pyroclastic flows in the Barrancas de Cenizas, Mineral, Seca, Taniluya, Las Lajas and Barranca Honda.
The ash column has spread over more than 35 kilometers and has covered in ashes the municipalities of Chimaltenango, Antigua Guatemala, Alotenango, San Antonio Aguas Calientes, Santa Catarina Barahona, Ciudad Vieja and San Miguel Dueñas of the department of Sacatepéquez.
And here the sound of the erupting volcano:
El volcán de Fuego inició su segunda erupción del presente año, con explosiones que elevan columnas de ceniza a 6 mil metros sobre el nivel del mar, flujos piroclásticos en barrancas. Por el momento no es necesario realizar evacuaciones.
Video: Armando Pineda, Espeleólogo. pic.twitter.com/rKQBeDyOgN— CONRED (@ConredGuatemala) June 3, 2018
Ash has also begun to fall in the capital, Guatemala City, although in smaller quantity than in the Sacatepéquez and Chinaltenango departments.
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