By Ian Woods, senior news correspondent, in Guatemala

It looks like smoke is rising from the hot ash which was spewed out by Guatemala's Volcano of Fire - but it's actually clouds of dust, hanging in the air every time a firefighter plants a spade in the ground.

More than a dozen are digging around a piece of twisted metal. It's all that is left of one of their fire trucks.

Somewhere under the tonnes of volcanic ash are the bodies of two volunteer firefighters. They arrived as the volcano, also known as Fuego, was erupting.

They were with a group of local people watching the eruption from a bridge, without realising how much danger they were in. Hot gases and rock swept down the slope at such speed they were engulfed, and the bridge was demolished.

The once verdant slopes have been replaced by a massive brown scar which stretches from the top of the volcano as far as the eye can see.

I'm wearing a face mask and goggles for protection, as are all of those working so hard to find their colleagues. But when I remove the mask, there is no smell of sulphur as I had expected, just dusty smoke.

We've been allowed up close to see the work, but with a strict warning that we can only be there for five minutes, and to take heed of the ever-present danger of another eruption.

If we hear three blasts in a whistle, it means we should run back to our vehicle.

It's desperately hard, unpleasant work without the prospect of finding any survivors.

Eventually, to a round of applause from firefighters who've been taking a much-needed break, an excavator arrives to help with the digging.

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