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Los Angeles, United States | AFP |
A "lava bomb" of the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea struck a tourist boat and left 23 wounded one in serious condition, firefighters reported on Monday
"lava tower ] "on Big Island, offering tours to see up close the area where the lava is touching the sea.
" The boat has returned to Wailoa pier in (the coastal town of) Hilo to from 7:00 am with 23 pbadengers injured, "local authorities said in a statement sent to AFP
Of the total, 13 were transported to the hospital and 10 were treated in the same port
"Four were transported by ambulance to Hilo Medical Center Three pbadengers were in a stable condition, a woman in her twenties was in serious condition with a broken femur They drove to the hospital and the fire department ad determined that their injuries
The authorities could not specify the number of pbadengers on board nor the exact location of the incident.
The boat was found with a hole in the roof and one of the balustrades was also damaged.
"It was an explosion ," said Janet Snyder, spokeswoman for the county seat of Hawaii quoted in the newspaper Tribune Herald. "The boat was covered with lava."
Kilauea – the world's most active volcano – erupted in May forcing the evacuation of thousands of people and destroying hundreds of structures.
] Civil Defense reported earlier that one of the cracks, the 8th, continues to erupt.
The company offering the rides, Lava Ocean, has not yet commented on the incident.
On his website there are pictures of boats very close to the "laze", a word in English formed from the terms "lava" and "mist" (fog ), which produces an irritating mixture of hydrochloric acid (HCl), steam and
Kilauea is one of five volcanoes located on the Big Island.
Scientists believe that volcanic activity can be a precursor to a major eruption, similar to that which occurred in the mid-1920s decade.
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