With the recent eruption of Mount Etna, a "huge explosion" was reportedly observed from the active volcano in Sicily. Following it, at least 10 injuries have been reported.

Regarded as the largest and most active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna emitted lava early Thursday. And BBC science reporter Rebecca Morrelle personally witnessed the scenario.

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She recalled the experience via a series of tweets. "Many injured - some head injuries, burns, cuts and bruises," she wrote on Twitter to describe the scene wherein they were running down Mount Etna amid a "huge explosion."

"Running down a mountain pelted by rocks, dodging burning boulders and boiling steam - not an experience I ever want to repeat," she added. Morrelle also revealed that according to one volcanologist, whom she failed to identify, the recent Mount Etna eruption was the "most dangerous incident experience in his 30-year career."

The international news channel's journalist further narrated that in her Twitter account that a "massive hole a lump of rock burnt through her coat," as she described what happened to her lady videographer.  

This post then got a response from volcanologist Philippa Demonte who studied about the lava flows in Hawaii during her early days in the profession.

"Rule No. 1 - no synthetic clothing," she said about the latest experience of the BBC crew during the Mount Etna eruption.

In the meantime, it was explained that the "phreatic explosion" happened because fire and ice met. This means that it was caused by flowing lava which got closer with snow "at an altitude of around 2,900 meters (9,500 feet) on a crater on the south-eastern side of the peak."

"Frightening, and spectacular at the same time," volcanologist Boris Behncke of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy said in a Facebook post about the Mount Etna explosion. "I received a bruise on my head but am generally fine and having a good, well-deserved beer in this moment!"