Volcano erupts in Guatemala

Volcan de Fuego (or Volcano of Fire) blows outs a thick cloud of ash as seen from Antigua Guatemala, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. The volcano spewed rivers of bright orange lava down its flanks on Thursday. Authorities ordered more than 33,000 people from nearby communities evacuated.

In this image captured on cell phone, plumes of smoke rise from the Volcan de Fuego or Volcano of Fire spews ash seen from Palin, south of Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

Volcanic ash spews from the Volcan de Fuego (or Volcano of Fire as seen) from Palin, south of Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. The long-simmering volcano exploded into a series of powerful eruptions Thursday, hurling thick clouds of ash nearly two miles high, spewing rivers of lava down its flanks and forcing the evacuation of more than 33,000 people from surrounding communities.

Lava flows from the Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, as seen from the town of Palin, south of Guatemala City, late Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

The Fuego volcano erupts, as seen from the Palin municipality, south of Guatemala City on September 13, 2012.

Guatemala's "Volcano of Fire" had its strongest eruption in a decade on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of around 33,000 people, officials announced.

In this picture captured on a cell phone, plumes of smoke rise from the Volcan de Fuego or Volcano of Fire as seen from Palin, south of Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

An emergency worker at a shelter in Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, south of Guatemala City, moves mattresses for those evacuated from communities near the Volcan de Fuego, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

People evacuated from Morazan in Chimaltenango department arrive at a shelter in a public school of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla department, south of Guatemala City, September 13, 2012, after their village was affected by columns of ash released by the Volcan de Fuego. The eruption created massive columns of smoke that could be seen from the capital, some 45 miles away

A boy peers from the window of a government-provided bus during evacuations from the village of Morelia, Guatemala, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

Two girls from Morelia in Chimaltenango sit in a shelter in a public school of Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa, Escuintla department, south of Guatemala City, on September 13, 2012 after their village was evacuated. Guatemala's Volcano of Fire had its strongest eruption in a decade, prompting the evacuation of around 33,000 people, officials announced.