Mount Sinabung on North Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted early on Monday spewing ash and other volcanic materials as high as 16,000ft (3 miles) into the sky. This is the second time the volcano erupted since Saturday.
No death or injuries were reported according to Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre and people have been asked to stay at least 5 kilometers away from the crater’s mouth as thick columns of ash-covered villages in the vicinity. The locals have been warned about potential lava flow dangers. They have also been advised to wear masks to avoid the thick black clouds of ash.
“The sound was like thunder, it lasted for less than 30 seconds,” said a resident, Fachrur Rozi Pasi according to reports from Reuters.
Gilbert Sembiring, who was visiting a friend in Naman Teran Kampung when the incident happened said, “The situation around Mount Sinabung is very dark now. It was bigger than the eruption a couple of days ago”.
A civil aviation spokeswoman said that flights were still operating in the region.
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Indonesia has more than 120 active volcanoes, with the 2,460-meter tall Mount Sinabung being one of the most active. Mount Sinabung had been inactive for almost four hundred years until it erupted in 2010, killing two people and then in 2014 killing a dozen people. An eruption in 2016 killed seven people. Around 30,000 people had left their homes in the region over the last decade due to the mountain’s renewed activity.
