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While many slept com­fort­ably in­to Christ­mas morn­ing, it was an un­easy night for sev­er­al Pi­paro res­i­dents liv­ing near the Pi­paro Mud Vol­cano, as re­newed ac­tiv­i­ty and land move­ment threat­ened their safe­ty.

Al­though the blow­ing and hiss­ing sounds from the vol­cano sub­sided by night­fall on Christ­mas Eve, Fedell Solomon said he could not sleep as the sounds of his home shift­ing and tree roots burst­ing through the soil kept him awake. His house, lo­cat­ed sev­er­al hun­dred feet from the crater, had suf­fered dam­age be­fore, but he said con­di­tions had been sta­ble for years.

As rel­a­tives gath­ered at his home on Christ­mas Day yes­ter­day, Solomon told Guardian Me­dia the land move­ment, which be­gan around 9 am on Wednes­day, had not stopped.