article_snippet: Chile erupted in the early hours of Tuesday, sending ash and .
article_snippet: lava over 3,000-feet into the night sky, and forcing the evacuation of nearby .
article_snippet: It last erupted in 2000.
article_snippet: Television pictures showed orange lava and ash shooting into .
article_snippet: the night sky when It erupted at around 3am local time, although it looked quieter as dawn broke.
article_snippet: Volcano Villarrica in southern erupted in the early hours of Tuesday, sending ash andlava high into the night sky, and forcing the evacuation of nearby communities .
article_snippet: In 2011, the eruption of Puyehue sent an ash cloud into the . atmosphere that disrupted flights in neighboring Argentina for . months.
article_snippet: Photographer Nicolás Gallo, who witnessed the blast from his village just just five and half miles away, said: 'It was 3am in the morning
article_snippet: So I wake up because of my dad and went to see what was happening, Villarrica volcano was days before throwing incandescent matter, and suddenly Villarrica volcano starts to throw lava an a big wave of smoke. '
article_snippet: It was like that for about 1 hour and 30 minutes, not much, then Villarrica volcano stopped.
article_snippet: In 2011, the eruption of Puyehue sent an ash cloud into the atmosphere that disrupted flights in neighboring Argentina for months.
article_snippet: Locals leaving Locals leaving their houses after Villarica  erupted houses after Villarica  erupted.
highlights_snippet: Television pictures showed orange lava and ash shooting into the night sky when the night sky erupted on Tuesday .
  