Dutsen Galeras na Colombia ya barke, an sanar da jan kunne

BOGOTA – Dutsen Galeras da ke kudu maso gabashin Colombia ya barke a daren Asabar, sai dai ba a samu rahoton mace-mace ko jikkata ba, in ji hukumomi.

Carlos Ivan Marquez, darektan agaji na kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross, ya ce jami'ai na iya bukatar kwashe mutane 8,000 a matsayin riga-kafi. Ya ce akwai matsuguni na wucin gadi da kayayyakin agaji.

Dutsen dutsen ya barke ne da karfe 7:43 na yamma, a cewar cibiyar nazarin aman wuta da girgizar kasa a Pasto, babban birnin lardin na mutane 500,000 da ke da nisan sama da kilomita 10 daga Galeras.

Dutsen dutse mai tsayin mita 4,276 (14,110-feet) yana da dogon tarihin ayyuka, gami da fashewa da yawa a farkon watannin 2009. Yana zaune kusa da kan iyaka da Ecuador, kimanin kilomita 520 (mil 320) kudu maso yammacin Bogota.

Ana daukar Galeras a matsayin dutsen mai aman wuta mafi karfi a Colombia tun bayan da ya dawo rayuwa a shekarar 1989. Wani fashewa da aka yi a shekarar 1993 ya kashe mutane tara, ciki har da masana kimiyya biyar da suka gangaro cikin ramin don samar da iskar gas. A watan Nuwambar 2005, dutsen mai aman wuta ya toka tokar da ta fado a nisan kilomita 50 (mil 30).