Mexico’s Popocatepetl Erupts
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MEXICO CITY — A volcano southeast of this Mexican capital erupted early Friday, spewing glowing fragments of rock as far as two miles and sending up a 3-mile-high column of smoke.
The eruption of the Popocatepetl volcano lasted four minutes and caused grass fires but no other damage.
No evacuations of nearby villages were necessary, according to scientists at the National Center for Disaster Prevention.
The 17,887-foot Popocatepetl has been active since 1994.
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