LEGAZPI CITY: Albay governor Al Francis Bichara ordered the strict enforcement of the six-kilometer permanent danger zone (PDZ) around the restive Mayon volcano as it continue to display abnormal activity.

Bichara’s directive came after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) raised the alert level from 0 to 1 over Mount Mayon on Thursday and warned it might explode anytime as indicated by swarming earthquakes and magma build-up toward its crater.

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