SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Authorities in El Salvador on Monday warned residents close to the Chaparrastique volcano within the nation’s east to be alert after it started to erupt.
The Environmental Ministry’s observatory reported explosions within the central crater of the volcano positioned about 83 miles (135 kilometers) east of the capital. It mentioned the eruption’s depth was a 1 on a scale from 0 to eight.
The eruption started Sunday when the volcano launched rock and ash to areas surrounding the crater. There have been no reported accidents.
Civil Protection Director Luis Alonso Amaya mentioned three municipalities had been on alert.
Authorities had been making ready 26 shelters that might accommodate greater than 10,000 folks and putting in a command put up to offer probably the most present data on the volcano’s exercise.
The protection zone was prolonged to a radius of three.7 miles (6 kilometers) from the crater.