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Ash Everywhere

The girls hugged each other tightly in the back

seat while their mother tried to get them to
safety. The traffic was backed up and moving very

slowly as everyone was trying to get away from

the area at once. People were blowing their horns

and shouting at each other to get out of the way.

Finally, they were across Belham and away from

the danger zone. Then they headed for the

master checkpoint in Salem, so that they could be

assigned a shelter. On the car radio they heard

Dr Fenton asking everyone to remain calm.

A few hours later Dr Fenton was on the radio

again. She announced that while many people

had been rescued in Plymouth, sadly, some had

been killed in the eruption!

She told us that the pyroclastic flow was far

greater than any seen before and that many

houses and buildings had been destroyed.

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