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Italy’s INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
said the spectacle on Europe’s most active volcano was caused
when part of the southeast crater collapsed, resulting in hot
lava flows. It was the 14th eruptive phase in recent months.
The area of danger was confined to the summit of Etna, which was
closed to tourists as a precaution, according to Stefano Branca,
an INGV official in Catania.
Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani, said lava flows emitted in
the eruption had not passed the natural containment area, “and
posed no danger to the population.”
The event was captured in video and photos that went viral on
social media. Tremors from the eruption were widely felt in the
towns and villages on Mount Etna's flanks, Italian media
reported.
Video showed tourists running along a path on the flank of the
vast volcano with smoke billowing some distance in the
background. Excursions are popular on Etna, which is some 3,300
meters (nearly 11,000 feet) high, with a surface area of some
1,200 square kilometers (about 460 square miles.)
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