(11 Mar 2025)
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El Porvenir – 11 March 2025
1. Various of pickup truck with residents going back to their homes in El Porvenir
2. Various of soldiers of the Guatemala humanitarian rescue brigade
3. 61-year-old Carmen Díaz and other residents of El Porvenir
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Díaz, resident of El Porvenir:
"My family woke me up to go out and see the volcano. It was very strong. After a while the CONRED (Guatemala’s disaster prevention agency) people came and one of them told me that they were going to take us out because it was dangerous."
5. Various of El Porvenir resident Ciriaco Espinoza shoveling sand
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ciriaco Espinoza, resident of El Porvenir:
"We went through a dramatic moment at two in the morning because of what happened last time in the other place there in Los Lotes. We were traumatized by all that has been happening up the mountain."
7. Various of Maida Sipac cutting a coconut
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maida Sipac, resident of El Porvenir:
"We were a little afraid because of what had happened before. We were afraid, they came to get us out, the people from CONRED (Guatemala’s disaster prevention agency) and the firemen and all of them. The told us that we had to leave the house.”
9. Various of roads affected by volcano eruption
10. View of El Porvenir community ++ MUTE ++
STORYLINE:
Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire appeared calm and nearly 300 families who had evacuated their homes on its slopes as it began erupting returned home, authorities said Tuesday.
The volcano spewed gas and ash far into the sky Monday, leading authorities to close schools in the vicinity and a key road connecting communities.
On Tuesday, Guatemala’s disaster agency confirmed that all of the families in shelters had returned to their homes overnight and the Education Ministry said that schools had reopened.
Back a their homes, the eruption of the Fire volcano was still fresh on the minds of the residents of El Porvenir.
"My family woke me up to go out and see the volcano. It was very strong," recalled 61-year-old Carmen Díaz.
Díaz said that officials from Guatemala’s disaster prevention agency CONRED came and told them they were evacuating them "because it was dangerous."
60-year-old Ciriaco Espinoza said they "went through a dramatic moment at two in the morning."
Not all residents of El Porvenir left their homes.
Others like Maida Sipac decided to stay to protect their homes.
She admitted they "were a little afraid because of what had happened before," making reference to the 2018 eruption that killed 194 people and left another 234 missing.
The government also lifted the ban on climbing the neighboring Alotenango volcano, which is popular with tourists.
The 12,300-foot (3,763-meter) high volcano is one of the most active in Central America. It last erupted in June 2023.
The volcano is 33 miles (53 kilometers) southwest of Guatemala’s capital.
AP video by Santiago Billy
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