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A mountaineer died at the Popocatepetl Volcano

The Popocatepetl Volcano, which is located in Mexico and continues its activities, exploded when 5 mountaineers tried to climb the volcano. The explosion has occurred when the climbers reached a height of 4,600 meters. It’s been reported that 5 mountaineers were trapped in a 50 meters deep pit at the incident and the pieces of rock that erupted from the volcano fell on them. A mountaineer woman lost her life, and a mountaineer man has seriously injured due to falling rocks. The body of the dead mountaineer is found during the search and rescue efforts carried out by the Mexican High Mountain Police and Civil Defense teams, and the other mountaineers were also rescued. Meanwhile, it has been reported that mountaineers set out to climb to the top of Popocatepetl Volcano, which is currently active, and approached the mouth of the volcano by passing through the dangerous zone, which is forbidden to enter.

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