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Mount Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano, erupted for several hours late on Sunday, lighting up the sky over Sicily with a display of flames and lava.
Sparks lit the night sky and a small stream of lava was flowing down the volcano into an uninhabited valley, but there was no danger to villages lower down on the slopes, officials said.
The wind blew volcanic ash onto several villages.
Etna erupts regularly but usually causes little damage to inhabited areas.