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Chile Volcano Alert:Copahue volcano started spewing ash and gas Argentina border / Latin America News

A mile-high cloud of ash billows out of the Copahue volcano on the border with Argentina, putting officials on high alert.

Officials issued a yellow and orange alert at first but Chile’s emergency office Onemi raised the alert after a mile-high cloud of ash billowed out of the Copahue volcano.

“Authorities have overflown the volcano area and the alert is still red,” said Gilda Grandon, from Onemi’s BioBio unit.

“We have noted some drop in the ash plume but the alert level is maintained because a full eruption is not ruled out.”

The Mining Ministry’s Sernageomin geology unit has recommended careful observation of a nine-mile radius around the active crater in case of mudflows of volcanic fragments.

Officials say there is no need yet to evacuate.

The 2,967m-high Copahue last erupted in 1991. Some 20 years later, in 2001, it became highly active with blasts and gases.

A volcano in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted violently last year, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and the evacuation of more than 3,500 people.

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