2,000 residents evacuated as Bulusan volcano erupts By Mario J. Mallari 02/22/2011

2,000 residents evacuated as Bulusan volcano erupts

By Mario J. Mallari 02/22/2011

Some 2,000 residents living around the slopes of Mt. Bulusan in Sorsogon province were evacuated to safer grounds after the volcano spewed ashes yesterday morning.

Army 49th Infantry Battalion (IB) chief Lt. Col. Santiago Enginco said that he immediately dispatched five military trucks around 10 a.m. after Mt. Bulusan exploded minutes earlier.

“We have transported about 50 families numbering around 150 people from Puting Sapa village to the designated evacuation center in Cogon Elementary School in Juban town; 300 families in Irosin town,” said Enginco.

Enginco said the volcano spewed ashes and thick smoke that reached more or less two kilometers above the sky which lasted about 20 minutes. He said that the ash explosion was blown by the wind toward southeastern direction, affecting some areas in the towns of Juban, Irosin and Bulan..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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