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The tectonic plates moved under each other causing the earthquakes in 62AD which carried on for many years until one plate was under the other, the friction was great.

It got so hot because of the friction that one plate melted. The liquid rock that was produced (called magma) underneath the tectonic plate, got so hot that it gave off a poisonous gas that kept pushing and pushing through the volcano until it burst out of the top.

The burst of poisonous gas,

Ash and earth was pushed up in the sky and then the magma was also pushed out by the gas and was also pushed up into the sky. The magma ran down the vast volcano and burnt everything in its path including all greenery

And housing.

The sky was black and the atmosphere was extremely hot and humid, the ground became dry and all the plants perished.

The people of these towns and cities mostly died of the poisonous gas. Over 300,000 people were killed by poisonous gas alone but lots also died from the magma that overflowed from Mount Vesuvius.

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