Chile issues red alert over eruption of Copahue volcano [1]

Press TV - 12/25/12

Chile has issued a red alert for the Copahue volcano, which is spewing hot ash and gas on the Andean border with Argentina.

View of the Copahue volcano spewing ashes from Caviahue, Neuquen province, Argentina, some 1500 km southwest of Buenos Aires, December 22, 2012.

Chile’s National Office for Emergency of the Interior Ministry (ONEMI) raised the official yellow and orange alerts to red on Sunday after a mile-high cloud of ash billowed out of the Copahue volcano.

"Authorities have over flown the volcano area and the alert is still red," said Gilda Grandon of ONEMI's Biobio unit.

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