With heavy machinery and simple shovels, Chile’s soldiers and civilians are working to remove the mounds of ash spewed from the Calbuco Volcano last week.<br /><br /> Authorities have set up a 20-km cordon around Calbuco, in the scenic Los Lagos region, some 1,000 km south of Santiago, Chile’s capital.<br /><br /> The sheer weight of fallen ash has caused houses, schools and bridges to collapse in the immediate surroundings.<br /><br /> It has proved devastating for the owner of a thriving restaurant, now reduced to rubble in Ensenada, the nearest town to Calbuco.<br /><br /> But while Wednesday and Thursday’s eruptions wrecked the eatery, they have not dented the determination of its proprietor who says his diner will rise from the ashes.<br /><br /> “If the volcano keeps giving signals that it is going to carry on like this, then I will have to wait, but as soon as I can …I’m going to start to build a new restaurant,” said owner Rony Alvarado.<br /><br /> Last week’s eruptions saw 210 million tonnes of ash spewed into the area around Calbuco,
