Kanlaon eruption sparks fires; ashfall hits Negros villages

BACOLOD CITY—A moderately explosive eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Sunday night triggered forest and grassland fires covering an estimated 65 hectares (ha) and caused ashfall and a sulfuric odor across 90 barangays in Negros, authorities reported. The eruption began at 6:07 p.m. and lasted about a minute, but ash emission continued for 3 hours and

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