The volcano erupted on August 14th 2015, for the first time since 75 years. Volcanic ash reached an estimate altitude of 15.2km by the end of the day and it covered highways, homes and cars near the eruption. It is considered as one of the worlds most dangerous volcanoes because it is prone to fast moving volcanic rock and mud flows and this puts the population in great risk. It is one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes and this puts a burden on the villagers because they don't know when the next eruption could be that could put them in great danger. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the slopes of the volcano and the mud flow destroyed the nearby town of Latacunga. It's very saddening that we cannot stop a volcano from erupting because if we could, so many lives would be saved and people wouldn't have to worry about a volcano erupting near them.
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