About 300 residents within 2.5 miles of the Kanlaon volcano crater were evacuated on Tuesday as a precaution, according to Canlaon LGU.
Manila, Philippines—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 centers away from the volcano, city information officer Edna Lhou Masicampo told Agence France Presse 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 2,400 meters above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of the Philippines’ 24 active volcanoes.In August 1431, three hikers were killed due to Kanlaon volcano’s ash ejection.
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