Some 100 people left Stromboli
voluntarily out of fear Thursday after an eruption killed a
hiker on the island on Wednesday.
One family left everything it had behind it, local sources
said.
The volcano quietened overnight with small quakes but no
further damage.
Fire fighters and Canadair water-dumping planes were putting
out the last fires.
Meanwhile it emerged that the victim, 35-year-old naval
officer Massimo Imbesi, was a passionate lover of the volcano,
according to his Facebook page.
Imbesi breathed in deadly fumes near the top of the volcano
Wednesday.
Lipari Mayor Marco Giorgianni said the situation on Stromboli
was returning to normal although a swathe of the island around
Ginostra was covered with pumice stones.
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