Volcano eruption causes panic in Italy (VIDEO)

Dozens of tourists fled as plumes of black smoke erupted from Mount Etna in Sicily

Thick columns of smoke and ash streamed into the sky above eastern Sicily as Mount Etna, Europe’s largest and most active volcano, erupted on Monday, forcing dozens of tourists to flee the area.

The Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reported that a partial collapse in the volcano’s southeastern crater likely triggered the eruption.