Pompeii's Deadly Eruption Account

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Mount Vesuvius eruption

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Minute-by-minute account reveals exactly how Pompeii was destroyed

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Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 was one of the most deadly volcanic events in history, killing up to 16,000 people.

The 2,000 ft volcano spewed a cloud of rocky volcanic fragments and gas into the air, known as the 'eruption column' Chunks of pumice a porous volcanic rock formed when a gas-rich froth of glassy lava solidifies rapidly measuring up to nine feet thick rained down on residents and buildings in Pompeii, Herculaneum and other nearby settlements.

The devastation really ramped up by 7.06pm , when the volcano launched the first 'pyroclastic currents' the deadly hot and fast-moving flows.

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79 , burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis , and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments.

Every single resident died instantly when the southern Italian town was hit by a 500C pyroclastic hot surge.

An administrator and poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold from a distance.

Letters describing what he saw were found in the 16th century .

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