Nearly 4,000 people were evacuated from areas around Guatemala's Fuego volcano, which began violently erupting on Sunday, five months after its last destructive eruption. /VCG Photo

The volcano spewed out dangerous flows of fast-moving clouds of hot ash, gas and hot-red lava early Monday. /VCG Photo

More than 2,000 people had taken refuge in shelters so far, officials from the country’s disaster agency told reporters. /VCG Photo

Fuego volcano, or the Volcano of Fire, locates approximately 30 kilometers south of Guatemala City and is one of the most active volcanoes in Central America. /Reuters Photo

This is the fifth eruption so far this year of the 3,763-meter-high volcano. In June, explosive flows from Fuego killed more than 190 people. / Reuters Photo