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They had barricaded themselves into a small room, but were killed as a tsunami of superheated volcanic gas and ash - known as a pyroclastic flow - ripped through the town.

That night the couple locked their wooden door and barricaded it with furniture.

By Jan. 9, much of the area had been barricaded.

For hours on Friday afternoon, hopeful evacuees rushed to barricaded roads only to be frustrated and confused when they were given no access.

Yoon's security team, which stopped investigators arresting him on Friday, installed barbed wire and barricaded the compound with buses over the weekend, to prevent another attempt.