MANILA: Hundreds of people fled their homes in the Philippines on Wednesday (Sep 11) after it spurted harmful gases, an official said, as experts warned of a potential eruption.
A resident stands near their house at the foot of Mount Kanlaon volcano in a village in La Castellana, Negros Occidental province, central Philippines on Jun 4, 2024. MANILA: Hundreds of people fled their homes in the Philippines on Wednesday after it spurted harmful gases, an official said, as experts warned of a potential eruption.
The evacuees have taken temporary shelter at schools and community centres away from the volcano, city information officer Edna Lhou Masicampo told AFP on Wednesday. Classes were suspended and some tourist spots in the city of around 60,000 people were closed on Wednesday due to the volcano warning."This is the highest emission from the volcano recorded since instrumental gas monitoring began," the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a statement.
Rising more than 2.4km above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of the Philippines' 24 active volcanoes.In August 1996, three hikers were killed due to an ash ejection from the volcano.
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