A Guatemalan volcano erupting Thursday for the sixth time this year triggered evacuations of several towns, with more than 33,000 expected to flee.
The Fuego volcano started spewing lava some 2,000 feet down two slopes, while ash flew two miles upwards. Ash was covering homes and buildings several miles away, the government's disaster agency said.
While Fuego had erupted five times earlier this year, one scientist in Guatemala said today's eruption was the biggest since 1999.
Seventeen towns with 33,000 people are in the precautionary evacuation zone, the country's emergency response director said. By midday, more than
