Guatemala officials confirmed the death toll from the eruption of the Fuego volcano rose to 62 on Monday, June 4, as the search for survivors continued.
More bodies were pulled out from the ash around the village of El Rodeo, Escuintla Department, which was hard hit by the eruption, but rescue workers saved more survivors.
Footage shared by the Guatemala National Civil Police shows officers evacuate a family of six people from El Rodeo with a helicopter. In another video, police officers carried a baby to safety from an ash-covered building.
A fast-moving and destructive pyroclastic flow swept through El Rodeo and other communities on the flanks of the volcano following the June 4 eruption.
Guatemala’s main international airport was closed following the eruption of Fuego — Spanish for “fire” — which was the biggest in more than four decades, Reuters reported. Credit: Guatemala National Civil Police / PNC Guatemala via Storyful