Eruption at Guatemala's Fuego volcano forces over 700 to evacuate
The volcano, located some 18 km (11 miles) from the city of Antigua, was producing a column of smoke and lava stream that was accumulating around its crater, Guatemala's seismology agency added.
Authorities said they continued to monitor the situation.
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