A court hearing on the Canarian island of La Palma has confirmed the first death directly related to the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption in 2021.
During the coroner hearing, it was confirmed that a post-mortem examination found that the 72-year-old man from El Paso died from inhalation of toxic gasses produced by the eruption.
The area where the man was discovered was under restricted access without permission from authorities.
Starting in September, the eruption lasted for 85 days and destroyed over a thousand properties, and left over 7000 people evacuated from their homes.
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