Officials have said they didn’t expect the explosion to be deadly as long as people remained out of the closed national park.Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. An eruption from the Kilauea volcano’s summit shot ash and smoke into the air early Thursday on Hawaii’s Big Island, and the resulting plume is expected to cover the surrounding area, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
The summit at Kīlauea erupts and sends a plume of ash and smoke 30,000 feet (9.1 km) into the air.