Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano suffers largest eruption in years (videos-photos)

Mexico’s active Popocatepetl volcano has exploded late Monday evening, sending ash and debris high into the air and several kilometers away from the crater.

The 9:38 pm explosion of the active crater sent a 1.2km-high column of ash and fragments into the air, the country’s civil protection said, releasing footage of the blast.

#ÚLTIMAHORA #ExplosiónPopocatépetl – Fue una de las explosiones más grandes que se hayan registrado en los últimos años, lanzó fragmentos a varios kilómetros de distancia cubriendo todo el cono. El sonido se escuchó en un radio de 40km. ? pic.twitter.com/Pjqyb6IQd7

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Video de la fuerte explosión del #Popocatépetl de las 21:38 h.

Fragmentos incandescentes a más de 2 km del cráter; por eso es muy importante respetar el radio de seguridad de 12 km. pic.twitter.com/ZQUruEgpT7

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Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano suffers largest eruption in years (videos-photos)

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