Galeras erupting

Galeras, the volcano in Pasto, Colombia, where my son lives, is erupting.

I have two sons adopted as young boys from that town, and the oldest went back
at age 18 to check on his younger brothers and sisters, who were adopted locally, and stayed. He is now married, and runs a Panderia...

The town is at the bottom of a bowel between mountains (hence the name "Pasto", i.e. pasture)...
You have to go down a couple thousand feet down a canyon then go to a hilltop where the airport is.

If the volcano has a big eruption in the wrong direction, the city will be covered...so it is a big danger for all of them.

The good news is that the town has been there for 400+ years, and so far only small eruptions.
But a "small" eruption killed a bunch of scientists about ten years ago...and their story has been chronicaled on NG channel...

They are evacuating...LINK
but there have been so many false alarms that some people just won't go...-----------------------------

Update LINK

The compulsory evacuation order covers a 15km (9-mile) radius, including one of the most affluent areas of the city.
Army troops have been drafted in to co-ordinate the evacuation.
Local farmers fear their land and livestock will be taken by others if they leave. People here are suspicious that they will not get their homes back once the emergency has passed.
President Alvaro Uribe has appealed to everyone to leave immediately. ...

(Note: When MtSt Helens erupted, it went sideways for thirty miles, and most of those killed were in the "safe" zone...)