Nearly 4000 people were evacuated from areas around Guatemala's Fuego volcano, which began violently erupting overnight, the country's disaster agency Conred said.
Stunned Guatemalans near the Fuego volcano buried relatives and friends killed in its most violent eruption in four decades, after dangerous flows of ash, rocks and toxic gases prompted locals to evacuate.
The search for survivors of volcano eruptions in Guatemala has been temporarily suspended, as the death toll from the disaster climbed to more than 100.
The death toll from a massive volcano eruption in Guatemala has risen to 99, authorities say, as rescuers continue to search for an estimated 200 people missing.
Rescue workers have struggled in perilous conditions to find bodies under rivers of ash and mud that swept down from Guatemala's Fuego volcano, as the death toll soared to 62.
An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured in the most violent eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano in more than four decades, officials said.