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PHIVOLCS reports new explosion on Mount Bulusan
Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon province exploded anew Friday afternoon and spewed a plume of ash.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the explosion occurred shortly before 3 p.m.
PHIVOLCS senior scientist Paul Alanis told dzBB radio the steam-driven explosion sent an ash plume 1.5 kilometers into the air.
Alanis said the ash drifted west-southwest, while an ash cloud was observed that he said could indicate pyroclastic flow.
The Bicol Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council posted a photo of the explosion taken by the Sorsogon Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.
MT. BULUSAN19 June 20151619HMt. Bulusan phreatic explosion occured at 1455H 19 JUNE 2015.source: Sorsogon PDRRMO, PHIVOLCS (Cabid-an)
Posted by Ocd-rdrrmc Bicol on Friday, 19 June 2015
It said Bulusan registered a phreatic explosion at 2:55 p.m.
Meanwhile, PHIVOLCS reiterated its appeal to the public not to enter the four-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone around the volcano.
Alert Level 1 remains over the volcano, Alanis told dzBB's Joel Zobel. — Joel Locsin/JDS, GMA News
