ECUADOR: 30 April UPDATE: Tungurahua Hurls Huge Boulders; 300 Flee; Schools Remain Closed.

 

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    More residents fled as the Tungurahua volcano hurled large boulders almost a mile from its crater.
    Officials kept schools closed for the 3rd straight day. 
   "The smallest blocks are that size of an automobile while the biggest reach the size of a truck," said a geologist.

    Smoke from the volcano 84 miles/135 kilometers Quito, called Tungurahua/ "throat of fire" in Quechua language, has risen more than 7 kilometers/ 4 miles into the atmosphere.

   The volcano, active since 1999, killed four in 2006 with thousands evacuated.