Police, military imposing lockdown in Taal’s 14-km danger zone

Members of the second Police Batangas Mobile Force Company refrain the people of Brgy Pusopuso Laurel in Batangas entering the place due to threat of a huge eruption of Taal Volcano

The policemen are augmented by military forces in securing the mainland areas close to Taal Volcano while a number of Philippine Coast Guard personnel were also deployed to patrol the shoreline of the Taal Lake. “The instruction to us is to prevent residents from going back. All people inside these areas should be going out, not going in because of the danger once a major eruption occurs,” said Quilates.

The Taal Volcano is believed to have more or less 30 craters aside from the main crater where tons of ash are currently ejected. Taal Volcano has a history of lateral eruption wherein the hot gases and other pyroclastic materials are ejected vertically and travels between 60 to 80 kilometers per hour.

Castro said that aside from the 14-kilometer danger zone, they also decided to add an additional one-kilometer radius which he describes as a buffer zone.Officials said the number of evacuees is quickly rising since the first eruption occurred on Sunday.

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