RP volcano rains ash on villages

RP volcano rains ash on villages

MANILA (Reuter): A Philippine volcano showered six villages with ash after an earthquake shook the mountain for 14 minutes but there were no casualties, scientists said yesterday.

Mount Bulosan in Sorsogon province, 250 kilometers southeast of Manila, rumbled back to life on Monday night, forcing volcanologists to declare a radius of four kilometers from its crater off-limits to people.

The 1,559-meter high mountain, one of about 20 active Filipino volcanoes, last erupted in 1988, again without causing casualties.