AKIPRESS.COM - At least 62 people, including several children, have died after the most violent volcanic eruption in Guatemala in more than a century, ABC News reports citing officials.

The Volcan de Fuego, Spanish for "Volcano of Fire," erupted Sunday and released a 8-km stream of lava, a pyroclastic cloud and ash that fell over nearby Guatemala City, the country's capital.

The latest numbers from Guatemala's Health Ministry report 62 people dead.

There have been 3,265 people evacuated and at least 46 injured because of the eruption, according to the country's disaster agency. The airport also was closed because of the floating hot ash.

Smaller villages closer to the volcano were severely affected. Rivers of lava poured into several villages, with media reports showing images of charred bodies and injured residents covered in ash.