The volcano rumbled for 85 days between September and December 2021.
The first dying from a months-long volcanic eruption on Spain’s La Palma island in 2021 has been confirmed after a court docket dominated Monday {that a} man died from inhaling poisonous gases from the volcano.
The physique of a 72-year-old man was present in November 2021 within the municipality of El Paso in an exclusion zone, an space that was off limits to the general public with out specific permission because of the eruption.
Initial studies mentioned the person probably climbed on the roof of his house to clear volcanic ash when the roof collapsed however officers mentioned the reason for dying may solely be decided when post-mortem outcomes have been in.
A court docket within the Canary Islands mentioned Monday the post-mortem confirmed the person “died after inhaling poisonous gases, which certifies that the catastrophe did declare a human life”.
The volcano rumbled for 85 days between September and December 2021, ejecting ash and rivers of lava that swallowed up greater than 1,000 houses in La Palma, a part of the Canary Islands positioned off western Africa.
It additionally destroyed faculties, church buildings and highways and suffocated the luxurious banana plantations that drive the island’s financial system, however till now no fatality was instantly tied to the eruption.
Over 7,000 of the tiny island’s roughly 83,000 inhabitants have been evacuated, with many given just some minutes to pack a handful of belongings because the red-hot lava neared.
The volcano didn’t have a reputation earlier than it erupted though it was popularly generally known as Cumbre Vieja after the identify of the encompassing nationwide park.
Last yr residents of the island voted to name it Tajogaite—the identify of the world within the historical Guanche language.
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