La Palma, Spain: over three thousand inhabitants of Palm They were told on Tuesday that they could leave their homes as authorities ended the lockdown due to a thick cloud of smoke Volcano who has destroyed Spanish Canary Islands.
rising from a stream of red-hot lava Cumbre Vieja Volcano A cement plant was gutted on Monday, causing a cloud of smoke and officials in the area ordered people to stay at home.
Emergency services instructed residents in the cities of El Paso and Los Llanos de Ariadne to stay indoors, close their windows and turn off air conditioning units to avoid inhaling toxic fumes from the burning cement plant as it was slowly being swallowed up by the lava.
On Tuesday, officials said the cloud of smoke had passed and air quality had improved so 3,500 residents could leave their homes.
There were 18 seismic movements on Tuesday, the strongest measuring 3.8, according to Spanish National Geological Institute.
Lava from the eruption that began on September 19 has littered a total area of about 600 hectares, said Miguel ngel Morcuende, technical director of the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan.
After the volcano’s cone partially collapsed on Saturday, a new river of lava flowed toward the sea, eating away banana and avocado plantations and most of the remaining homes in the town of Todok.
The Canary Islands Volcanoes Institute said molten rock flows destroyed 1,186 buildings in the three weeks since the eruption.
About 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in La Palma, which has about 83,000 residents.
rising from a stream of red-hot lava Cumbre Vieja Volcano A cement plant was gutted on Monday, causing a cloud of smoke and officials in the area ordered people to stay at home.
Emergency services instructed residents in the cities of El Paso and Los Llanos de Ariadne to stay indoors, close their windows and turn off air conditioning units to avoid inhaling toxic fumes from the burning cement plant as it was slowly being swallowed up by the lava.
On Tuesday, officials said the cloud of smoke had passed and air quality had improved so 3,500 residents could leave their homes.
There were 18 seismic movements on Tuesday, the strongest measuring 3.8, according to Spanish National Geological Institute.
Lava from the eruption that began on September 19 has littered a total area of about 600 hectares, said Miguel ngel Morcuende, technical director of the Canary Islands Volcanic Emergency Plan.
After the volcano’s cone partially collapsed on Saturday, a new river of lava flowed toward the sea, eating away banana and avocado plantations and most of the remaining homes in the town of Todok.
The Canary Islands Volcanoes Institute said molten rock flows destroyed 1,186 buildings in the three weeks since the eruption.
About 6,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in La Palma, which has about 83,000 residents.
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