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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, October 27, 2008 - Officials from the Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (Petrotrin) and the country's fire service are expected to conduct an air quality inspection this morning before determining whether residents, evacuated after the eruption of a mud volcano in the south of the island, can return home.
About 50 people living in Francis Trace, Santa Flora were moved to safer ground on Saturday when mud and gas shot several feet into the air around 2 a.m. No one was injured.
Although the rumbling has subsided, the country's Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) has advised residents not to return to the area until given permission by authorities, but by this morning some had decided to go back to their homes.
Others remain either at Los Bajos Youth Facility or with family members who live outside the affected area.
Meantime, the site has been cordoned off and officials say they will continue to monitor the situation.
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