Bad weather struck the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Sunday as heavy rains flooded the city center while a mud volcano violently erupted on its outskirts, producing a pillar of fire and smoke.
Baku’s mud volcano Othman-Bozdag sent flames and smoke as high as 200-300 meters in two consecutive bursts, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources said.
The ministry warned that cracks, some as deep as 40 meters, have also appeared in the area surrounding the volcano. Luckily, no settlements are located in the immediate vicinity of the volcano, RT reported.
Azerbaijan is home to approximately 400 of the world’s estimated 1000 mud volcanoes, with most located along its eastern coast. Othman-Bozdag, which is known as the second largest mud volcano in the world last erupted on February 6, 2017.
