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    Mount Cameroon sends flames out in brief explosion

    Associated Press – Mon, Feb 6, 2012

    YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon state radio says that Mount Cameroon, a volcano in the country's southwest region, sent ashes and flames into the air in a brief explosion.

    Cameroon Radio Television reported Monday that a violent explosion Friday lasted a couple of seconds and lightly injured two among the porters and guides on the mountain.

    Mountain guide Peter Buma Linonge told state radio there were explosions, then flames burst into the air followed by ash.

    Joseph Mokake, a resident of Buea, the town situated at the foot of the mountain, told The Associated Press there were tremors on Tuesday and Wednesday. He said he moved to a nearby town for safety. Residents say explosions and tremors serve as a precursor to a possible eruption.

    Measuring just over 13,420 feet (4,090 meters) high, Mount Cameroon is an active volcano and the highest peak in West Africa.

     

    9 comments

    • Charles
      Charles  •  3 mths ago
      Many news reports describe Volcano eruptions as having flames or smoke. The red-hot fountains of ejected lava may look like flames from a distance, but they are not. Ash clouds are tiny condensed particles due to sudden cooling, not smoke from a combustion process.
      • Mitt da GLASSLOOKER
        Mitt da GLASSLOOKER 3 mths ago
        Easy there Charlie,, you'll scare and confuse the Foxbots !
        They're still getting over the shock that the moon isn't made of cheese.
      • axle
        axle 3 mths ago
        Al Gore was throwing gas on it.
    • Wildgraywolf
      Wildgraywolf  •  Montoursville, Pennsylvania  •  3 mths ago
      A picture would have been nice, but I guess I can Google it.
    • axle
      axle  •  3 mths ago
      great balls of fire!!
    • axle
      axle  •  3 mths ago
      I think if we drop an enviromentalist in each of the active volcanoes (including Al Gore), global warming would cease
      • Wildgraywolf
        Wildgraywolf 3 mths ago
        LOL, Axle, but the flaw in your plan is that environmentalists give off more gases than can be accounted for by their mass.
    • DMZ
      DMZ  •  3 mths ago
      slow news day will do this. get well to the injured.
      • A Yahoo! User 3 mths ago
        Sorry, you probably would have bee happier if it was a big eruption and killed thousands.
        Better luck next time.
    • Who Me
      Who Me  •  Dallas, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I had Chili for supper last night and this morning I sent flames into the air during a brief explosion. Want to print that Yahoo?
    • Doctor D.
      Doctor D.  •  Jacksonville, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      If ignorance is bliss then noting the comments listed below there must be some very happy people around. The comments have no rational relationship to the topic. I hope for my country, the USA, they are not registered voters. If they are voters in the United States or anywhere else, I hope they get very close to an erupting volcano. We do not need them.
    • Scott
      Scott  •  Springfield, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      This just in: the White House has imposed sanctions against Camaroon for having illegal volcanic activity.
    • tim
      tim  •  3 mths ago
      blame al gore!
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