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Guatemala, eruption alert of Fuego volcano, the most active in Central America

RIO DE JANEIRO,  BRAZIL - The Fuego volcano, the most active volcano in Central America and located about 45 kilometers west of the Guatemalan capital, began a new eruption on Thursday, producing large columns of ash and pyroclastic flows, authorities reported.

According to the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology (Insivumeh), the flow of the colossus of 3,763 meters above sea level and located between the departments of Escuintla, Sacatepéquez, and Chimaltenango, has already moved about 6 kilometers and reached the base of the volcano.

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