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More evacuations ordered as Hawaii volcano keeps spewing lava

By Josh Siegel
Published May 26, 2018 7:00pm ET
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More evacuations ordered as Hawaii volcano keeps spewing lava
Peter Vance, 24, photographs lava erupting in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii. Hawaii residents covered their faces with masks after a volcano menacing the Big Island for weeks exploded, sending a mixture of pulverized rock, glass, and crystal into the air in its strongest eruption of sandlike ash in days. | (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Firefighters ordered more evacuations as Hawaii’s eruptions from the Kilauea volcano intensified Saturday.

Lava from the volcano moved close to homes in Leilani Estates, CNN reported, prompting firefighters to go door-to-door urging residents to leave.

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