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Terrified tourists run for their lives as volcano smoke billows from volcano

Tourists have been forced to evacuate after Mount Etna erupted causing smoke to billow into the sky.

Etna, regarded as the most active volcano in Europe, had been seeing some activity in the last few hours with volcanic tremors felt overnight.


However, this has now escalated to continuous “explosions of growing intensity.”

The mountain, located on the eastern coast of Sicily, saw pyroclastic flow, a deadly combination of burning ash and sulphur descend down the mountain.

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\u200bSmoke emerging from the top of Mount Etna

Smoke emerging from the top of Mount Etna

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Mount Etna in Sicily

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A red aviation warning was briefly issued by the Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Toulouse but has now turned to orange.

Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the eruption began around 3.50am local time, following volcanic tremors which began around midnight local time.

The institute said eruption activity has continued since then with “increasing intensity” and were currently “almost continuous.”

A spokesman said: “From a seismic point of view, the values of the tremor amplitude are currently high with a tendency to increase further.”

\u200bVolcanic steam rises at sunrise from Mount Etna, near Motta Camastra, Sicily, Italy

Volcanic steam rises at sunrise from Mount Etna, near Motta Camastra, Sicily, Italy

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