ETNA - Thar She Blows

Sunday, July 22, 2001: A Canadair spreads water over a bushfire caused by a recent lava outflow of Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, near Nicolosi, Sicily,. Natural valleys on Etna's facade appeared to have slowed the march of molten lava toward Nicolosi, but with the front line of lava four kilometers (2.5 miles) away, residents nevertheless thronged to church Sunday to pray for the volcano to quiet down. The volcano's last major eruption was in 1992.