Accidents on Stromboli volcano

22 August 1996: Tourist injured near craters

A tourist was hit at 2:30 AM while sleeping in his bag just 80 m from the craters. He was part of a group and, after the accident, had to be transported by helicopter to Messina for head surgery. Apparently this was not a major eruption but simply a person being too close to the craters. Nino Zerilli reported that during the preceding days ejecta from SW-Crater had already reached the lowest of the series of observing sites between the Pizzo and SW-Crater. Sources: Boris Behncke; «La Repubblica» 22 August 1996; Nino Zerilli