Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption make DR Congo evacuate city of Goma
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Residents carry mattresses and other belongings as dem run to safety
Di government for Democratic Republic of Congo don launch evacuation plan for di eastern city of Goma after one large volcano erupt.
Fountains of high lava burst from di Mount Nyiragongo into di night sky come form a thick orange cloud over Goma, wey get population of two million.
Thousands of residents don begin run comot, many dey on foot.
Mount Nyiragongo: DR Congo city of Goma empties as thousands flee erupting volcano DR Congo s Mount Nyiragongo has erupted for the first time in nearly two decades.
Many thousands of people have fled the city of Goma, some heading for its highest point Mount Goma.
Others headed for the nearby Rwandan border, with authorities there saying that around 3,000 people had already crossed over on Saturday night.
Goma resident Zacharie Paluku told The Associated Press: Everyone is afraid, people are running away. We really don t know what to do.
There was a government evacuation plan but it came hours after the sky had turned a fiery red and power had been cut to the city.
Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma, a city of nearly 2 million.
There was no immediate word on any casualties, but witnesses said that lava already had engulfed one highway that connects Goma with the city of Beni in North Kivu province.
Mount Nyiragongo’s last eruption, in 2002, left hundreds dead and coated airport runways in lava. More than 100,000 people were left homeless in the aftermath, adding to the fear in Goma on Saturday night.
Thousands of people fled their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the night after a large volcano erupted.
As the sky turned red and rivers of lava streamed from Mount Nyiragongo, there were concerns that its past deadly tragedies would be repeated.
A mass evacuation was launched in the city of Goma, which has a population of about two million people.
However, the city was largely spared and some residents are now returning.
The volcano, located 10km (six miles) from Goma, last erupted in 2002, killing 250 people and making 120,000 homeless.
There has been no official report of casualties during the latest eruption and it is unclear how many homes have been damaged.