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13224
Mon, 07/21/2008 - 10:20
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10 people rescued after remote Alaska island volcano erupts,
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 21, SPA -- A fishing vessel rescued 10 people after a volcano erupted, sending rocks and ash down on a cattle ranch on a remote island in the AleutianIslands of Alaska, according to DPA.
The Tara Gaila picked up the people Saturday evening after receiving an urgent call from the Coast Guard. The fishing vessel brought them to Dutch Harbor about 65 miles (105kilometers) away, where they were staying at a hotel on Sunday.
There were no reported injuries, said Coast Guard PettyOfficer Levi Read.
The Coast Guard sent a helicopter to help out, but it hadto land in Dutch Harbor because of the danger of falling ash.
It also sent two cutters to the island, located in the western Aleutians about 860 miles (1,384 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, but recalled them after the TaraGaila responded to the emergency call.
--SPA
The Tara Gaila picked up the people Saturday evening after receiving an urgent call from the Coast Guard. The fishing vessel brought them to Dutch Harbor about 65 miles (105kilometers) away, where they were staying at a hotel on Sunday.
There were no reported injuries, said Coast Guard PettyOfficer Levi Read.
The Coast Guard sent a helicopter to help out, but it hadto land in Dutch Harbor because of the danger of falling ash.
It also sent two cutters to the island, located in the western Aleutians about 860 miles (1,384 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage, but recalled them after the TaraGaila responded to the emergency call.
--SPA
