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(FOX 9) - Mount Etna in Italy erupted on Monday, sending plumes of ash and smoke into the air as tourists fled from the area.

Volcanic eruption

The backstory:

The volcano erupted in Sicily on Monday, sending an ash cloud into the air. However, the danger zone was confined to the summit, which had been closed to tourists as a precaution, according to The Associated Press, who cited Stefano Branca, an NGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology official in Catania.

Trekking guide Andrea Morosini captured the powerful eruption in a Storyful video. A stream of smoke can be seen in the distance before a much larger and louder explosion occurs, sending a plume of ash into the air. Dramatic video, captured by Aurelien Pouzin via Storyful, shows tourists running away on

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