The cause of death of the villagers was asphyxiation caused by volcanic gases. The gas molecules that the active volcano gives off are much heavier than molecules of regular air. These gases, primarily sulfur dioxide with a weight of 64.07 and carbon dioxide with a weight of approx. 12. While as oxygen that is found in the air we breath is significantly less thus it is displaced by the heavier sulfur dioxide.
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