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Fuego's Violent Peak Forces Red Alert and Shelters 1,700 in Guatemala
Fuego entered a violent peak with 300-meter fountains and 7-kilometer flows, forcing a red alert across three departments and sending about 1,700 villagers to shelters.
What we knew first
- CONRED issued a red alert, the highest level, for Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango and Escuintla on Aug. 4.
- About 1,700 people who fled nearby villages were in shelters by Aug. 5.
- The Aug. 3 paroxysmal phase produced 200–300 m lava fountains and 5–7 km pyroclastic currents.
Still open then
- No confirmed total population inside the red-alert departments is given in these sources.
- No casualties, no named victims, and no verified account of prior-eruption tolls appear in these sources.
We said we'd watch for
- Whether ash and rainfall combine into lahars that cut roads and isolate villages.
- Whether CONRED lifts, extends or narrows the red alert as activity trends down.