"Chile's Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in more than four decades, sending a billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area.
Authorities ordered the evacuation of the 1,500 inhabitants of the nearby town of Ensenada, along with residents of two smaller communities in southern Chile.
The National Mining and Geology Service issued a high alert, barring access to the area around the volcano, which lies near the cities of Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt, a little more than 620 miles south of Chile's capital, Santiago.
"For us it was a surprise," said Alejandro Verges, regional emergency director of the Los Lagos region where the eruption took place."
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