Italy's Mount Etna erupts, sending tourists fleeing
Mount Etna attracts dozens of tourists daily, some of whom were seen running away from the eruption earlier today
Andy Gregory , Rachel Clun
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Mount Etna has erupted in Sicily today, spewing a huge column of smoke and ash into the sky above the Italian island.
Footage shared on social media showed people running for their lives down the mountainside of Europe's largest and most active volcano, as a thick column of smoke intensified above them.
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