Mexico evacuates hundreds as volcano spews lava

October 02, 2016 20:56

Mexican authorities have evacuated 400 people as a precaution as a major volcano spews lava, officials said.

Authorities imposed a security perimeter of 12 kilometers around the so-called Volcano of Fire in the western state of Colima.

They evacuated the small villages of La Becerrera and La Yerbabuena "to protect families" in the area, said state governor Jose Ignacio Peralta yesterday.

Another village was evacuated in the neighboring state of Jalisco, the civil protection service there said.

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