The death toll in the eruption of a volcano in Guatemala has reached 69 people
MEXICO city, 5 Jan — RIA Novosti. The death toll in the eruption of the volcano Fuego in Guatemala has reached 69 people, said on Monday evening the national Institute of forensic Sciences of the Central American country.
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Earlier it was reported about 65 dead.
According to the Institute, were received from 69 bodies using fingerprints and physical characteristics, only 17 so far identified. The most — more than 60 people were killed in the Department of Escuintla. Another nine were victims of the disaster in the Department of Sacatepéquez.
The Institute also reports that it has mobilized two mobile mortuary and freezer for storage of bodies in the Department of Escuintla. Also used dry ice to preserve bodies for their further identification.
The number of injuries resulting from the disaster has reached 46 people, 3,26 evacuated thousands of people in temporary shelters are placed 1,68 thousand people, and all the disaster affected 1.7 million people in the country.