Pi­paro res­i­dents are on stand­by to evac­u­ate their homes af­ter what some res­i­dents say was erup­tion at the mud vol­cano late Sat­ur­day.

Res­i­dents post­ed to Face­book that the erup­tion took place at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 10:08pm.

How­ev­er, in a post to his Face­book page, Princes Town MP Bar­ry Padarath said "I can con­firm that the Vo­clano did not erupt and no one is be­ing evac­u­at­ed up to 11:35pm tonight."

There are re­ports of ma­jor cracks to the road­way and to homes near Pan­cho Trace.

Of­fi­cials of the Princes Town Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion are on their way to the com­mu­ni­ty to get a bet­ter un­der­stand­ing of what took place.

Nasiya Mo­hammed post­ed to Face­book that her cousin re­called hear­ing a loud ex­plo­sion. She ex­plained that her tank stand and back wall moved dur­ing the erup­tion, caus­ing cracks to the struc­ture.

The first news of the erup­tion came via a Face­book post by the Pi­paro Vil­lage coun­cil.

It is still un­cer­tain ex­act­ly what took place, but Padarath said res­i­dents com­plained to him of a high sul­phur scent in the air.

"The rel­e­vant au­thor­i­ties have been en­gaged to con­duct test and pro­vide as­sis­tance to the res­i­dents. More in­for­ma­tion will be forth­com­ing," he added.

This is a de­vel­op­ing sto­ry.