Volcano Spews Ash; Evacuations Considered
From Times Wire Reports
Mexico’s 12,540-foot Colima volcano spewed a column of rock, ash and lava almost three miles into the sky in its largest eruption in at least 15 years, civil protection officials said.
The government was considering evacuating tiny communities around the volcano in the western state of Colima.
A shower of ash closed the airport in the city of Colima 19 miles away, and lava crept down the side of the mountain, burning grass.
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