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La Palma death may be first fatality attributed to volcano

Nearly two months after first erupting, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, has claimed a life. A 72-year-old man was found dead on Saturday in the municipality of El Paso after a roof he was attempting to clean collapsed, according to elDiario, a Spanish online newspaper. Local officials say this death occurred in the exclusion zone, an area that is off-limits to the public without express permission, and is likely the first fatality that can be tied directly to

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