A BBC team and a number of tourists have suffered minor injuries after being caught up in an incident on the erupting volcano Mount Etna in Sicily.
“Many injured – some head injuries, burns, cuts and bruises,” tweeted BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle.Lava flow mixed with steam had caused a huge explosion, which pelted the group with boiling rocks and steam, she said.
She said about eight people had been injured, with some evacuated from the mountain by rescue teams.”Bbc team all ok – some cuts bruises and burns. Very shaken though – it was extremely scary,” she tweeted.
The BBC reporter said a volcanologist at the scene said it was the most dangerous incident he had experienced in his 30-year-career.She said a 78-year-old woman had been very close to the blast, but had got away safely.
The volcano spewed lava up into the sky in the early hours of Thursday morning, for the third time in three weeks.It’s the first eruption for more than a year.
