Pompeii's fatal volcano (8)
I believe the answer is:
vesuvius
(Other definitions for vesuvius that I've seen before include "Italian volcano" , "Pompeii volcano" , "It destroyed Pompeii" , "Volcano near Naples" .)
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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