{"id":31237,"date":"2026-06-24T01:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31237"},"modified":"2026-06-24T16:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:17:42","slug":"fuego-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fuego-volcano\/","title":{"rendered":"Volcan de Fuego"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Volcan de Fuego Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourists on Guatemala&#8217;s Volcan de Fuego were caught off guard when the volcano erupted recently, and burning rocks began to rain down, forcing them to scramble down the slopes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Volcan de Fuego<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volcan de Fuego, which translates to <\/span><b>\u201cVolcano of Fire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d in Spanish, is an <\/span><b>active volcano <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in <\/span><b>Guatemala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a relatively<\/span><b> young basaltic <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/volcanic-mountains\/\" target=\"_blank\">stratovolcano<\/a>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of three large <\/span><b>stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala\u2019s former capital, Antigua.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nestled betwee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n the neighboring volcanoes of <\/span><b>Acatenango and Agua,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it rises dramatically to an altitude of 3,763 meters (12,346 feet) above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms <\/span><b>part of the Central American Volcanic Arc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a chain of volcanoes stretching from Guatemala to Panama.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guatemala lies on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ring-of-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b> Pacific \u201cRing of Fire<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ring-of-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201d<\/a> and experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies on the <\/span><b>boundary between<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Cocos Plate and the Caribbean Plate.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fuego has what scientists call an<\/span><b> \u201copen-vent system.\u201d\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means the <\/span><b>volcano keeps a clear pathway for gas and magma to escape.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of this open vent, it <\/span><b>releases pressure <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through smaller, more <\/span><b>frequent eruptions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fuego is known for its<\/span><b> vulcanian activity, occasionally accompanied by pyroclastic flows.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most active volcanoes in Central America and has erupted more than 60 times in the last 500 years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>deadly eruption in 2018<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claimed 194 lives and left 234 people missing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then Volcan Fuego has <\/span><b>continued to be active, but to a lesser extent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with small eruptions several times a day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typical activity is characterized by ashfall, pyroclastic flows, lava flows, and lahars.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/guatemalas-volcan-de-fuego-erupts-tourists-run-to-safety-11676286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NDTV<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuego Volcano is an active volcano located in Guatemala. 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