Colombia's Galeras Volcano Erupts

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This video frame released by the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining INGEOMINAS shows the Galeras volcano erupting in Pasto southern Colombia Thursday Jan. 17 2008. The volcano spread ashes for kilometers prompting an evacuation order for thous ...
This video frame released by the Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining, INGEOMINAS, shows the Galeras volcano erupting in Pasto, southern Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. The volcano spread ashes for kilometers prompting an evacuation order for thousands, in the most serious eruption of the Galeras since its reactivation in 1989. (AP Photo/INGEOMINAS)

(AP) -- A volcano erupted violently in southwestern Colombia Thursday, spewing ash miles into the sky and prompting the evacuation of several thousand people living nearby.


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