Stunning images of Calbuco volcano's eruption

 

Friday 24 April 2015 16:16 BST
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Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano as seen from the city of Puerto Montt
Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano as seen from the city of Puerto Montt

Thousands of people have been evacuated after a volcano in Chile erupted for the first time in 42 years spewing ash across the surrounding area.

The Calbuco volcano in the south of the country erupted, forcing authorities to relocate 1,500 inhabitants of the nearby town of Ensenada and two other smaller communities.

A high alert has been issued by Chile’s national mining and geology service, which bars access to the area around the volcano, 620 miles south of the capital Santiago.

A high column of ash and lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano
The Calbuco volcano seen from Puerto Montt, located at 1000 km southern Santiago de Chile
Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano as seen from the city of Puerto Montt
View from Frutillar, southern Chile, of lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano
Authorities ordered an evacuation for a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius around the volcano
View from Puerto Varas, southern Chile, of a high column of ash and lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano
Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano
Calbuco volcano seen from Puerto Montt
Smoke and lava spew from the Calbuco volcano, as seen from the shores of Lake Llanquihue in Puerto Varas
Chile's Calbuco volcano erupted, spewing a giant funnel of ash high into the sky near the southern port city of Puerto Montt and triggering a red alert
This is the first eruption in nearly 50 years
Smoke and lava spew from the Calbuco volcano, as seen from the shores of Lake Llanquihue in Puerto Varas
The volcano has been spewing plumes of ash into the air
The Calbuco ash cloud in Chile can been seen from the Nahuel Huapi lake in neighbouring Argentina

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