Smoke rises from the Mayon volcano near the city of Legazpi, 330 km (205 miles) southeast of Manila, early February 3, 2001. Philippine scientists reiterated their warning on Friday for residents to stay out of the danger zone near Mount Mayon, as witnesses saw people returning there early in the morning to tend to their farms within a 6-km danger zone around the volcano. [Acting defence secretary Eduardo Ermita has ordered the evacuaton of 22,000 residents living close to the 2,460-meter-high volcano, which last erupted in February 2000. ]