On alert as Bulusan volcano erupts again


Danger zone: Bulusan volcano spewing ash as seen from Irosin town, Sorsogon province, south of Manila. — AFP

A volcano approximately 600km southeast of the Philippine capital spewed ash before dawn, a week after a phreatic eruption that prompted authorities to raise the alert level to 1 and evacuate residents to safety.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it detected a phreatic explosion again in Bulusan volcano in Sorsogon province at 3.37am yesterday.

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