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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7538195" data-attributes="member: 92282">COSTA Rica's Arenal volcano has  erupted, spewing geysers of lava, ash and toxic gases from its crater  and forcing the evacuation of the national park where it is located.                 The 1633-metre-tall cone-shaped mountain in northern Costa Rica   shuddered into activity at 4am this morning issuing eight successive  rivers of lava that flowed down  its steep slopes, National Volcanology  and Seismology Observatory  expert Elicer Duarte said.He said  nobody was at risk from the eruptions but authorities as  a precaution  evacuated the Arenal National Park, 80km north-east of  San Jose.The  Arenal Volcano is one of Costa Rica's major tourist  attractions and  the park has scores of hotels, restaurants,  nightclubs and shopping  centres.No estimates were given of how many people were inside  the park  when the eruption began.Arenal's last major eruption in  July 1968 killed 89 people.  Smaller eruptions have occurred at least  six times over the past 35  years.AFP<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4635866497_6aac96aa35_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(archive picture)</blockquote>

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