A powerful plume of steam and ash rose from the Popocatepetl volcano in central Mexico on Tuesday, prompting local schools to cancel classes and emergency teams to prepare for evacuations, Reuters reported.

The volcano's lava dome started to expand on Friday. It spewed red-hot fragments and lightly dusted cars and streets in some small towns in the state of Puebla.

Schools in at least five small towns near the volcano called off classes after Mexico's National Center for Disaster Prevention raised the alert level late on Monday.

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