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At least 2,800 people have moved into emergency centres after a volcano erupted in the central Philippines.
Mount Kanlaon on Negros island exploded for six minutes, sending a plume of ash, rocks and gases 5 km into the sky.
The state volcanology agency said more eruptions were possible
Mount Kanlaon
Mount Kanlaon is an active andesitic stratovolcano and the highest mountain on the island of Negros in the Philippines, as well as the highest peak in the Visayas (one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao)
It is one of the active volcanoes in the Philippines and part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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