Death toll from Guatemala volcano eruption rises to 99

GAUTEMALA CITY, June 7: At least 99 people were killed in the eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, which buried several villages on its southern flank, authorities said today.
The National Forensic Sciences Agency said in a report that morgues had received the remains of 99 people killed as a result of the eruption. So far only 28 of the dead have been identified, it said.
Some 200 people were still missing, amid fears of a new blowup of the 3,763-metre volcano. (AGENCIES)