Race to flee killer Kilauea

THICK clouds of ash and red-hot molten lava continue to spew from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, forcing 1,500 locals to flee for their lives.

The Big Island was also hit by a huge 6.9 magnitude earthquake yesterday, the largest since 1975.

Officials have ordered people to leave the nearby Leilani Estates area to escape noxious sulphur dioxide gases from Friday’s eruption.