A man who was ill and could no longer walk was burned to death by lava caused by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ernestine Kabuo, one of the thousands of residents evacuated, recounted that she was not able to bring her husband with her and unfortunately the lava hit their house.
“I was with my husband, who is too old and he didn’t want to leave the house because he was sick, he couldn’t walk. I said to myself, I can’t go alone, we’ve been married for the best and for the worst,” said Kabuo.
“I went back to at least try to get him out but couldn’t. I ran away and he got burned inside. I don’t know what to do. I curse this day,” she added.
The video taken by Enoch David, which will also be aired on GMA News Feed, shows the burning lava gradually swallowing houses in Goma, after Mount Nyiragongo erupted on May 22.
Several residents attempted to rescue their things despite the danger.
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An aerial video taken by MONUSCO shows the flow of lava from the volcano that descended on Goma, which has a population of two million.
Goma is currently isolated when its main road is also covered. The trip between Goma and Rwanda was also difficult.
At least 32 people were recorded dead in the volcanic eruption on May 25.
Mount Nyiragongo is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of 3,470 m (11,385 ft) in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the town of Goma and Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda.
Between 1894 and 1977 the crater contained an active lava lake. On 10 January 1977, the crater walls fractured, and the lava lake drained in less than an hour.
The lava flowed down the flanks of the volcano at speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph) on the upper slopes, the fastest lava flow recorded to date, overwhelming villages and killing at least 600 people.
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