Residents were allowed back a few months later, but on 25 June 1997, a massive eruption produced pyroclastic surges that killed 19 people and reached nearly to the island's airport on the eastern side of the island.
Meses despois, os residentes tiñan permitido volver á cidade, pero o 25 de xuño de 1997, unha erupción masiva producía ondadas piroclásticas que mataron a 19 persoas e alcanzaban case ó aeroporto da illa no lado oriental de esta.