article_snippet.sent: A volcano in Chile that has laid dormant for more than 40 years has suddenly erupted, causing a thick plume of ash to cloud the sky while thousands of people living in the sky shadow were forced to flee.
article_snippet.sent: Up in smoke: Volcano Calbuco, in southern Chile, has erupted forcing 1,500 residents from Ensenada, about 10 miles away,  to flee 1,500 residents from Ensenada homes (pictured, a view of the eruption from Puerto Montt, a small city around 20 miles from the volcano)
article_snippet.sent: Smoke and lava can be seen spewing from the volcano in this picture taken from the shores of Lake Llanquihue in Puerto Varas .
article_snippet.sent: An electrical storm lights up the night sky as a huge column of ash and lava shoots out of the volcano.
article_snippet.sent: the volcano is located near the tourist town of Puerto Varas and the city of Puerto Montt, a little more than 620 miles south of Chile's capital, Santiago.
article_snippet.sent: the volcano erupted for the first time in more than five decades on Wednesday, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilometres into the sky .
article_snippet.sent: Explosion: Residents in nearby Puerto Varas go about Residents in nearby Puerto Varas business while in the background the ash cloud from Volcano Calbuco is seen .
article_snippet.sent: Plume: While most people think of volcanoes as spewing lava, many eruptions take the form of super-heated gas and ash which is pushed through the earth's crust, covering the sky .
article_snippet.sent: In March, volcano Villarrica, about 155 miles to the North, also erupted in spectacular fashion, sending a plume of ash and lava high into the sky .
article_snippet.sent: A view of the ash cloud from the Nahuel Huapi lake, around 100 miles away from the volcano in neighbouring Argentina Argentina .
article_snippet.sent: In March, volcano Villarrica, also in southern Chile, erupted in spectacular fashion, sending a plume of ash and lava high into the sky, but quickly subsided.
highlights_snippet.sent: Volcano erupted without warning at around 6pm local time with 1,500 people forced to leave 1,500 people homes .
  