Kanlaon Volcano on Negros Island had a short eruption on Friday night, and this caused ashfall and pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) to flow down its slopes, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said.
The brief moderately explosive eruption occurred from 8:05 p.m. to 8:08 p.m., it said.
"The eruption generated a short dense incandescent plume followed by a billowing plume that rose 2,000 meters above the vent before drifting northwest," PHIVOLCS said in an advisory issued early Saturday.
"Large ballistic fragments were a
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