Overview
- Video shared on social media shows hikers sprinting down the slope as an eruption blasts ash and rocks from near the crater.
- The group was on El Paso de la Muerte, or the “Death Trail,” a route on one of Central America’s most active volcanoes.
- Authorities prohibit climbing Santiaguito, yet outlets including ABC7 have reported that hikers often ignore the ban.
- Guatemala’s disaster agency CONRED reports ongoing blocky lava extrusion, short-range pyroclastic flows, and a 5-kilometer no-go zone.
- The filmer said there were no reports of serious injuries, which fueled online warnings to stay away from active craters.