As Indonesia's Semeru volcano explodes, residents flee in fear

  • 04/12/2021


The Semeru volcano on Indonesia's Java island has erupted, sending thick columns of ash far into the sky and causing alarm among locals.
There were no initial indications of anyone being injured as a result of Saturday's eruption.
Residents ran as rising smoke and ash engulfed some nearby villages in Lumajang district, East Java province, according to videos posted by the country's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB).
According to Lumajang district head Thoriqul Haq, the sudden eruption was accompanied by a thunderstorm and rain, which pushed lava and smouldering debris and formed thick mud, which destroyed at least one bridge connecting two main villages of Pronojiwo and Candipuro, as well as hampered the evacuation.

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