(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Europe's only active volcano, Mount Etna, sent streams of red hot lava into the sky on Saturday (March 16) as it continued a series of recent eruptions.<br/> <br />The eruption reached a height of around 2,900 metres at a new crater on the southeast face of the volcano.<br/> <br />As lava streamed down the side of the volcano, experts said the local population was in no danger.<br/> <br />Etna, which is located above the Sicilian town of Catania, often erupts but rarely causes damage.<br/> <br />Although the eruptions themselves do not generally put the local population at risk, the local inhabitants do have to live with the ash showers that follow the events.
