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Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.
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South African History Online. (2012, August 10). Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090021
South African History Online (2012) 'Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.', South African History Online, 10 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090021 (Accessed: 10 August 2026).
South African History Online, Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090021, (accessed 10 August 2026).
"Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.." South African History Online, 10 Aug. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090021. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Gas belching from the volcanic Lake Nyos in the remote mountains of Cameroon kills more than 1,200 people and injures 500.." South African History Online. August 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0090021.
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