Authorities fear Mayon eruption may set farms, forests on fire

LEGAZPI CITY: The Albay Public Safety and Management Office (APSEMO) on Sunday expressed fear over the possibility of wild fires that may raze forests and farms at the foot of Mt. Mayon should the now-restive volcano make good its threat of a major eruption.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said what Mayon has been exhibiting since it was placed under alert warning level 3 on September 15 are indications of magmatic eruptions characterized by huge ejection of volcanic ash and super-hot pyroclastic that would flow down large crevices along its slopes to its foot.