In the town Antigua located in Guatemala, is known to be a prominent active volcano in Central America. It is one of the most active volcanos and a part of the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire is an area of volcanoes and earthquakes in the Pacific Coast. To produce something as magnificent as a volcano, the Cocos and Caribbean tectonic plates converge. Thus gives the magma on the outer core to gradually come out of the ground. From here the magma that comes out of the volcano is now lava and it leaves ash to build up leaving Fuego to build up to the 3763 in elevation today. Not only that but, due to the force of gravity a large mass of materials gets pulled down to the ground. This is known as an avalanche. This can happen with materials such as ice, snow, rock, and soils. When they occur all together, it is known as “Dupris Avalanche".

When the Meseta volcano collapsed 8500 years ago, it created the famous "Escuintla debris avalanche deposit" and traveled about 50 km onto the Pacific coastal plain, which helped form the Fuego volcano along with its "two sisters", Acatenango and Horqueta. The first eruption was made in 1581, and is known for its dangerous eruptions as the years go by. As the volcano grows older the more violent it gets. For an example, when the first eruption occurred in 1581 the eruptions have gotten bigger and more frightening. The last eruption, gave the government no choice but to evacuate 100 citizens, this never had to be done.

     Eugenio Dussaussay, a writer who decided he wanted to walk to the Central peak of the Fuego Volcano since his curiosity grew only because it was currently unexplored. He went through with his plan with his exploring buddy, Tadeo Trabanino. He started off by asking for permission to explore the volcano from the Political Chief of Sacatepéquez. The chief then sent a letter to the mayor of Alotenango to request money for the gear and weapons needed for the expedition up the volcano. Their plan was to make it to the peak but ended up only making it to the active cone that had already erupted the year before. Just a few years later, a British archaeologist found a love to the subject, he goes by the name Alfred Percival Maudslay. He traveled the world, one stop being Fuego in Guatemala. January 7th, 1892 he climbed the volcano and came across the crater of the volcano and found himself surrounded by ash. A glimpse of Guatemala by Anne Carret Morris Maudslay, wrote a book in which highlights Alfred's exact moments on the volcano starting on page 37.

     Dennis P. Martin, a student at Michigan Technical University, composed a dissertation on the activities of the Fuego Volcano. Though the entire dissertation was not available for the public view, there was a brief view on the bases of the dissertation. In the dissertations abstract, The Historic Activity of Fuego Volcano, Guatemala: Constraints on the Subsurface Magma Bodies and Processes Therein, it primarily goes over the eruption patterns of the volcano and how the volcano's eruptions are connected to the tidal movement and gravitational pull. There was also a portion on the age of the volcano along with the cause for the amount of magma that is produced from the volcano.

The volcano known as “Fuego” is a threat to the many individuals around it. The watchers say that 'residents were urged to use masks or wet cloth to guard against breathing dangerous contaminants. Government issued Orange alert (second highest) and evacuated about 100 people.’ of course the individuals whom live near the natural disaster have already grown immune to the dangers of living by a volcano, however their safety is still questioned. In addition, the stratovolcano does not stop tourist from viewing the beautiful and tropical town of Antigua. There are some tourists who want the full experience while being in another country. Around Fuego, people can take a hike on the volcano, camp below the volcano and partake in moonlight watching of the volcano. The ash in the air from the volcano erupting more likely affects the people rather than the people effecting the volcano. The same thing goes for the climate affecting or changing around the Fuego Volcano. The sulfur and chlorine coming from the ash clouds of the volcano affect the air quality in that area. This, besides the lava flow and earthquakes, contributes to some of the reasons behind evacuation of towns surrounding this volcano.

     When it comes down to whether or not people treat the volcano right, they do. What person would go to a volcano and try to 'take it down”. If anything the volcano is doing all the harm. The volcano lets ash fall into the air to the point where the citizens were the ones getting evacuated from their homes. After all, humans can't possibly cause any of this to happen. We can't just snap our fingers and wish for the volcano to disappear it just doesn’t work that way.

     Due to the amount of ash that is released in the air by Fuego, causes the sun to get covered by the clouds. Which makes the tropical city of Antigua that tourist love to go and visit... not so tropical when the sun is covered by layers and layers of ash. The civilians that live in Antigua near the "Tres Hermanas" or three sister volcanos, walk around wearing masks to help their breathing and knitted ponchos to keep them warm from the hidden sun. The volcano Fuego is usually the one that creates the pollution. The ash and gas that is created by the volcano has almost reached 7300 m. This dreadful volcano also causes noise pollution. Due to its loud eruptions throughout the year, many people complain and are tired of this issue.