11.   Helicopters have doused the hot lava with water.

12.   Mount Merapi, which exploded last Tuesday, remained dangerous as hot lava and ash continued to pour out of its ruptured crater, experts said.

13.   Official Antara news agency quoted a volcanologist as saying an old and previously solid lava dome on the peak had cracked and new hot lava was beginning to flow.

14.   The boy was hit by a falling coconut tree as hot lava and debris swept down the slopes of Mount Soputan in the regency of Minahasa in north Sulawesi.

15.   The Congolese were trying to scoop up gasoline and diesel fuel when fumes from hot lava apparently set it on fire.

16.   Witnesses reported a huge plume of ash and smoke had risen from the volcano, which also spewed out hot lava and rocks.