Seven more die from toxic gas emitted by lava from Congo volcano
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE | Associated Press | Published: May 24, 2021 KINSHASA, Congo — Seven more people have died as a result of the recent volcano eruption in eastern Congo, increasing the death toll to 22. Those killed Monday died from inhaling toxic gas when they were walking across a wide expanse of the cooling lava near the eastern city of Goma, the scientific director of the Volcanic Observatory of Goma, Celestin Kasereka Mahinda, told The Associated Press. They were traveling on the road between Kibati and Goma that was cut off by a flow of lava 1,000 meters (about a half-mile) wide,...