Close up of Chilean volcanoes erupting

The black smoke column rises as high as 10 km from Puyehue volcano, Chile, when it wakes up after half a century.

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The volcanic eruption suddenly caused 3,500 people to evacuate.
Dust and volcanic smoke spread to neighboring Argentina.

Puyehue is located about 870 km south of Santiago.
Chile had to issue a red alert after the volcano woke up.

An Argentine city near the border with Chile was placed in an emergency.
Their airport must also temporarily be closed due to Puyehue's smoke spreading
The city is located 100 km east of it.

The Chilean Air Force released a photo of a column of gray smoke rising from the mountain of Puyehue.

Helicopters of the Chilean army flew through the smoke of Puyehue volcano.

Chile is one of the countries most heavily affected by volcanoes.
The country has a total of about 3,000 volcanoes, of which 500 are still active
and 60 volcanic eruptions over the past half century.

This is the first time after 50 years of Puyehue volcano activity again.
In 1960, she woke up after the seismic intensity to 9.5 Richter occurred here.