Stromboli Volcano, located on the Eolie Islands in Sicily, Italy, continues to extinguish the fires that began yesterday. Marco Giorgianni, Mayor of Lipari town, told ANSA news agency that 100 people were evacuated after the volcano began to spray lava.
Volcano Stromboli started to spray lava gain yesterday. One of the two people walking at the foot of the mountain died while the lava began to erupt, and the other was slightly injured. Lava caused a large number of fires around the volcano, while the island was referred to additional firefighters and first aid teams. In the village of Ginostra, peasants who were afraid of falling stones turned into woods were trapped in their homes. It is stated that dense fumes emerge from the volcano along with lava and cover the island.
Mayor Marco Giorgianni said that the activities to return life to normal are continuing, and that the region is re-supplied with electricity.
Panic and fear
Speaking to the Italian ANSA news agency, the island’s fire director Giuseppe Biffarella said the locals and tourists were experiencing great fear because of the volcano activity. Italian media reported that many tourists who feared the violence of the explosions jumped into the sea panic.
The volcano on the island of Stromboli, with a population of about 500 inhabitants in the north of Sicily, is known as one of the most active volcanoes in the world. The 924-meter-high volcano, which had previously sprayed lava on August 2, 2008, did not extinguish, often discharging low amounts of lava. For this reason, the “Mediterranean Lighthouse” is also called. Some famous Italians have summer villas on the island, which attracts tourists because of its volcano and beaches.
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