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Chile volcano comes to life

Volcano Calbuco erupts for the first time in more than five decades.

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Chile volcano comes to life

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  1. Chile volcano comes to life

  2. Smoke and ash rise from the Calbuco volcano, seen from Puerto Varas city, south of Santiago, Chile April 22, 2015.

  3. Chile's Onemi emergency office declared a red alert following the sudden eruption, which occurred about 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) south of Santiago, the capital, near the tourist town of Puerto Varas. REUTERS/Rafael Arenas

  4. As night fell, about 4,000 people had so far moved out of the area, an evacuation radius of 20 kilometers has been established and classes have been canceled in surrounding towns, authorities said. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez

  5. A bicycle lies parked on a street at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015.

  6. There are no reports of deaths, missing persons or injuries, Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo said. He urged residents to evacuate and warned of possible lahars, a mix of water and rock fragments that flow down a volcano's slopes and river valleys. REUTERS/Rafael Arenas

  7. A car covered with ash is seen in San Carlos de Bariloche. Winds blowing northeast were pushing the column of ash and smoke toward Argentina. REUTERS/Chiwi Giambirtone

  8. "In this situation, with the eruption column so high, the main risk is that it collapses, falls due to gravity because of its own weight and causes a pyroclastic flow," Gabriel Orozco, a vulcanologist with Chile's geological and mining service, said on local TV.

  9. A boat is seen in a house backyard at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  10. Trevor Moffat, who lives in Ensenada, some 10 km from the volcano, said he and his family fled when the volcano erupted. The last major eruption of the 2,003-meter-tall Volcano Calbuco was in 1961.

  11. Residents wash a sidewalk covered with ashes from Calbuco in San Carlos de Bariloche. REUTERS/Chiwi Giambirtone

  12. Smoke and lava spew from Calbuco, as seen from the shores of Lake Llanquihue in Puerto Varas. Television pictures showed a spectacular mushroom-shaped column billowing into the sky with occasional lighting bolts shooting through. The eruption was seen in towns at least 50 kilometers away. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez

  13. A bulldozer removes ash from a street at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  14. Smoke and ash rise from Calbuco as seen from Puerto Montt. REUTERS/Sergio Candia

  15. A vehicle travels along a road at Pucon city, which was hit by ashes from Calbuco volcano, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra

  16. A man removes ash under his truck at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  17. Dogs are seen on a street at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  18. A man cleans the roof of his house at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  19. A playground area is seen at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  20. Clothes are seen on a fence in the backyard of a house at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  21. Vehicles travel along a road at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  22. Horses are seen at a playground area covered with ash from Calbuco volcano at Ensenada town near Puerto Varas city April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  23. A man uses a window to enter his house at Ensenada town which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano near Puerto Varas city, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  24. People, wearing surgical masks to protect themselves against ash from Calbuco volcano, buy groceries at a supermaket in the Patagonian Argentine area of San Marin de Los Andes April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Patricio Rodriguez

  25. A local stands as ash falls from Calbuco volcano in the Patagonian Argentine area of San Marin de Los Andes April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Patricio Rodriguez

  26. A view of Calbuco volcano from the Torrentoso place near Chamiza town April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  27. A man uses his mobile phone to shoot pictures of Calbuco volcano at Torrentoso place, near Chamiza town, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  28. People who are displaced from their houses ride a military vehicle as they leave from Ensenada town, which is covered with ashes from Calbuco volcano, near Puerto Varas city April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

  29. A man shovels ash from Calbuco volcano off the roof of his home in Ensenada, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez

  30. A man cries after his home collapsed under the weight of ash that had fallen on the roof, at a shelter at a school in Puerto Varas, April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez

  31. A rose is seen covered with ash from the Calbuco volcano in the Patagonian Argentine area of San Martin de Los Andes April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Patricio Rodriguez

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