View of Mount Bulusan Volcano.

View of Mount Bulusan Volcano, eastern province of Sorsogon, south-east of Manila, Philippines on 23 February 2011. Mt. Bulusan spewed ash three kilometres high on 21 February after nearly three months of inactivity, displacing at least 2,000 people. The volcanologists warned residents to stay outside a four-kilometre radius since the area is at risk of sudden steam and ash explosions.

Filipino villagers on a motor vehicle against the backdrop of Mount Bulusan volcano, in the eastern province of Sorsogon, south-east of Manila, Philippines on 23 February 2011. Mt. Bulusan spewed ash three kilometres high on 21 February after nearly three months of inactivity, displacing at least 2,000 people. The volcanologists warned residents to stay outside a four-kilometre radius since the area is at risk of sudden steam and ash explosions.




Filipino villagers wear masks to protect themselves from inhaling ash on a motor vehicle near the Mount Bulusan Volcano, eastern province of Sorsogon, south-east of Manila, Philippines on February 23, 2011. Mt. Bulusan spewed ash 3 kilometres high on 21 February after nearly three months of inactivity, displacing at least 2,000 people.Major Harold Cabunoc, a regional military spokesman, said at least 2,000 people fled their homes in the towns of Juban and Irosin at the foot of the volcano.The volcanologists warned residents to stay outside a 4-kilometre radius since the area is at risk to sudden steam and ash explosions.