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Indonesia volcano: Seven killed as Mount Sinabung erupts
Topic Started: 22 May 2016, 10:16 PM (49 Views)
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Indonesia volcano: Seven killed as Mount Sinabung erupts

22 May 2016

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The search for injured people is hampered by a continuous current of ashes

Seven people have been killed after a volcano in western Indonesia erupted, blasting clouds of volcanic ash 3km (2 miles) into the sky.

The victims were farming in an area that was declared unsafe because of its close proximity to Mount Sinabung.

The volcano was still spewing ash on Sunday, hampering rescue operations.

More than a dozen people were killed when it erupted in 2014. It also erupted in 2010, after having been dormant for 400 years.

Rescue teams are still scouring the area, looking for more victims who may have been killed or badly burned by the hot gas and ash clouds released in the eruption.

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The army is helping rescue villagers trapped when their homes were enveloped in ashes

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Rescue teams were searching homes and farms in the village of Gamber, which was also evacuated in 2014.

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Villagers inspect the path of ash and rocks from the eruption of Mount Sinabung

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Other make for safety, leaving most of their possessions behind

The 2,460-metre (8,070 foot) tall volcano is among the country's most active.

Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes.

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The victims were all farming in the exclusion zone around the volcano

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Mount Sinabung: Thick layer of ash covers villages after eruption

24 May 2016

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Sinabung had been dormant for 400 years when it began erupting again in 2010

A thick layer of ash has covered several villages in Indonesia after the eruption of Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island.

At least seven people died after clouds of hot ash and gas consumed farmland around the mountain on Sunday.

Rescuers are still searching for survivors.

The ash reached towns 12km (seven miles) away, local military head Agustatius Sitepu told AFP, including Gamber village in North Sumatra.

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Rescuers found survivors in homes and farms after the eruption

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Some farmers had returned to their livelihoods in the so-called "red zone" near the mountain, despite warnings

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Villagers came back after the eruption to collect their belongings

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Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes

Even though the eruptions have subsided since Sunday, residents are still being warned to stay away from the 2,460m (8,070 foot) volcano, which is among the country's most active.

"We urge the people surrounding Mount Sinabung to keep away from the red zones, which are within a three kilometre radius from the crater, or within a four kilometre radius from the equator in the north to northeast sector, or a six to seven kilometre in the south and southeast sector," said local official Muhammad Nuril Ansori.

Sinabung had been dormant for 400 years when it began erupting again in 2010.

More than a dozen people were killed in a particularly fierce eruption in 2014, the same year that residents were ordered to evacuate.

However, some have since returned to their farms.

Indonesia, located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, has more than 120 active volcanoes.

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