Explosion at Kilauea leads to closure
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An explosion atop the long-erupting Kilauea volcano rained gravel-size rocks onto a tourist lookout, road and trail before dawn, injuring no one but forcing parts of a national park to close.
It was the first explosion since 1924 in Kilauea’s main Halemaumau Crater, scattering debris over about 75 acres, said Jim Kauahikaua, scientist-in-charge at Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island. The explosion followed three months of increased activity in the crater.
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