We're seeing insane footage of today's eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala [videos, photos]

There are reports of at least 6 dead and 20 injured after the eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala earlier today:

At least 6 people have died, 20 people have been injured after the Fuego volcano erupted. #VolcánDeFuego #Guatemala https://t.co/nWZJKgM4Xt

— Mike Hamernik (@MikeHamernik) June 4, 2018

Update 5.48 am. June 4: The death toll and number of injured has climbed:

Estimated 25 people killed and around 300 injured on in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades. https://t.co/8vjbMW35og pic.twitter.com/2Mw49SDAJp

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 4, 2018

And the photos and video of the eruption are insane:

Wow – view from La Reunion Golf Course… pic.twitter.com/MyQdiEbikj

— Matthew Watson (@Matthew__Watson) June 3, 2018

Driving conditions in the area are treacherous, to say the least:

https://twitter.com/_juamfra/status/1003365530441568256

These are scenes of the pyroclastic flow, made up of a “high-density mix of hot lava blocks, pumice, ash and volcanic gas” as it raced down the mountainside:

Volcán de Fuego y sus erupciones… pic.twitter.com/6T9TxQ6hOo

— Guía espiritual (Demiurgo). (@RB_Sativa) June 3, 2018

Imagine this in your rear-view mirror?

WTF… This is what people in #Guatemala ?? saw after the Fuego volcano erupted less than an hour ago.

Deaths have already been reported. pic.twitter.com/9DbToOQl5z

— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) June 3, 2018

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And onlookers here were almost swamped by the ash cloud as the flow traveled underneath the bridge:

#InformePreliminar de @GuatemalaGob | 7 fallecidos, 296 heridos y aproximadamente un millón de personas afectadas. #VolcanFuego #fuego #volcano #volcán #guatemala #antiguaguatemala #Fire #lava #eruption #eruption #guatemalaciudad pic.twitter.com/sYjPZsmJEE

— República (@republicagt) June 4, 2018

Stay safe, everyone.

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Related:

Nanny state strikes again as scientists tell Hawaii residents not to do THIS at Kilauea volcano https://t.co/SpImppsWf4

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 29, 2018

Shot of the YEAR: Check out this pic of players enjoying a round of golf… VERY close to the Kilauea volcano https://t.co/17IHIXM8uj

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 16, 2018