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QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air Wednesday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes.
Some 1,000 villagers from the western flanks of the 16,575-foot volcano fled their homes for shelters at dawn, said Roberto Rodriguez, director of Civil Defense. He said 11 families who refused to leave, fearing looters, were removed by force.
Experts at the Geophysics Institute warn that the activity shows no sign of slowing.
