CATANIA, Italy (WJW) – Tourists on an expedition near Mount Etna were filmed running for safety after a massive ash plume erupted from the volcano on Monday.

Dramatic video captured by Aurelien Pouzin shows a group scrambling away from the summit as thick, dark ash billows into the sky over Sicily's eastern coast.

• Aurelien Pouzin via Storyful
• Aurelien Pouzin via Storyful
• Aurelien Pouzin via Storyful

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