March 16 (UPI) -- Six members of a BBC team of journalists were among the injured Thursday after Mount Etna, a volcano in Sicily, began to erupt, sending boiling hot rocks flying into the air.
BBC global science correspondent Rebecca Morelle said on Twitter after the incident that six BBC team members suffered non-life threatening injuries and several were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Among those near the summit of Mount Etna when it began to erupt was a 76-year-old woman who was able to rush to safety.