Sixty-two dead in Guatemala volcano eruption: official
Rescue workers take a break after Fuego volcano erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The number of fatalities from a massive volcano eruption in Guatemala rose to 62 on Monday, an official in the Central American country said.
Only 13 of the dead have been identified so far, Mirna Zeledon, a spokeswoman for Guatemala's National Institute of Forensic Sciences told Reuters.
The eruption of Fuego - Spanish for "fire" - on Sunday was the biggest in more than four decades, forcing the closure of Guatemala's main international airport and dumping ash on thousands of acres (hectares) of coffee farms on the volcano's slopes.
A view of the Fuego volcano as seen from the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
(Reporting by Sofia Menchu; writing by Julia Love)
A child receives care inside a shelter after Fuego volcano erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaA police officer stumbles while running away from a new pyroclastic flow spewed by the Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaA view of an area affected by eruption from Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaPolicemen walk at an area affected by eruption from Fuego volcano in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaWomen participate participate in the funeral of seven victims who died during the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Alotenango, Guatemala on June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jose CabezasAerial view of the aftermath of a volcano eruption in Escuintla, Guatemala, is seen in this picture obtained June 4, 2018 from social media. MINGOB/PNC/via REUTERS Rescue workers walk through an area affected by eruption from Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaA road sign covered with ash is seen after Fuego volcano erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaFirefighters and rescue workers look for bodies and survivors at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaA view of an area affected by eruption from Fuego volcano in the community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaPeople react inside a shelter after Fuego volcano erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaPeople react in a shelter after Fuego volcano erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaRescue workers take a break after Fuego volcano erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Luis EcheverriaChildren sits next to supplies at a shelter after Fuego volcano erupted in Alotenango, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jose CabezasA child tries on clothe inside a shelter after Fuego volcano erupted in Alotenango, Guatemala June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
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