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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 15, 1993                   TAG: 9301150166
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: The New York Times
DATELINE: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA                                LENGTH: Short

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VOLCANO ERUPTS IN COLOMBIA

A volcano erupted in southern Colombia on Thursday as a group of scientists from around the world was collecting gas samples inside the crater, officials said. At least six of the experts were killed, eight were injured, and 10 were missing, the Red Cross and the local fire department said.

Three consecutive explosions of rock, gas and lava, accompanied by a small earth tremor, shook the region near the town of Pasto, 375 miles south of Bogota, Pasto's fire department said.

On Monday, about 100 seismologists, geologists, meteorologists and other experts from scores of countries began a conference in Pasto to study, among other things, methods to deal with natural disasters.

Keywords:
FATALITY

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