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The Nyirangongo volcano in DR Congo released large amounts of ash about two months after it erupted, raising health concerns for local residents, experts said on Sunday.
The volcano in the far east of the vast Central African country erupted on May 22, killing 32 people and destroying hundreds of homes.
“The ashes are the result of the collapse of part of the central Nyirangongo crater,” vulcanologist Muhindo Syavulisembo said in a statement.
Syavulisembo, who heads the Goma Vulcanology Observatory (OVG), however, ruled out a new impending eruption.
“There was no visible damage, but we fear respiratory and water-borne diseases,” Samson Buunda, a representative of local civil society, told AFP.
The eruption of Africa’s most active volcano displaced nearly 400,000 people, especially after May 27, when scientists warned of a potentially catastrophic explosion beneath nearby Lake Kivu.
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