Two Students Found Dead After Hiking Volcano for Closer View of Eruption
On 4/22/21 at 12:31 PM EDT
Two students have been found dead after hiking near an erupting volcano on the French Indian Ocean island of La Réunion.
The victims, male hikers in their twenties, were studying at a university on the island and had been walking near the Piton de la Fournaise volcano in order to see the eruption up close, French media reported.
Their bodies were discovered on Thursday by the mountain gendarmerie in the main caldera of the volcano the crater that forms after an eruption.
The alarm was raised a day earlier when they failed to appear, sparking a search of the area, La Réunion police said.
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France’s Reunion island is regularly treated to spectacular eruptions of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano but with a COVID-19 curfew in place, some residents resorted to drastic measures this week to enjoy the stunning night-time views.
The Indian Ocean island has been under a 6pm to 5am curfew since March 5 to tame COVID-19 infections.
That presented a problem for amateur photographer Marc Gence when the first eruption of the year began on Friday last week since, he said, nighttime is when “the spectacle is at its most beautiful.”