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Sicily’s Mount Etna has put on a fiery show, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometres into the air, but officials say the activity poses no danger.
The level of alert due to the volcanic activity was raised at the Catania airport, but no immediate interruptions were reported.

An official update declared the ash cloud emission had ended by Monday afternoon (local time).

Smoke clouds billowing from the top of a volcano.

Officials said the volcanic eruption posed no danger. Source: AAP / AP / Giuseppe Distefano

Italy’s INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the spectacle on Europe’s most active volcano was caused when part of the southeast crater collapsed, resulting in hot lava flows.

It was the 14th eruptive phase in recent months.

According to Stefano Branca, an official from INGV in Catania, the danger zone was limited to the summit of Etna, which had been closed to tourists as a safety measure.
Smoke emanating from the cliffs of a volcano.

Etna is Europe’s most active volcano. Source: AAP / AP / Giuseppe Distefano

Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani, said lava flows emitted in the eruption had not passed the natural containment area, “and posed no danger to the population”.

The event was captured by video and photos that went viral on social media.

Tremors from the eruption were widely felt in the towns and villages on Mount Etna’s flanks, Italian media reported.

Smoke rising from a volcano, with houses seen in the foreground.

Tremors from the eruption were widely felt in nearby towns and villages. Source: AAP / AP / Giuseppe Distefano

Video showed tourists running along a path on the flank of the vast volcano with smoke billowing some distance in the background.

Excursions are popular on Etna, which is some 3,300m high, with a surface area of some 1,200 square kilometres.
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