At least 10 dead after volcano erupts in Indonesia
At least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in eastern Indonesia in the early hours of Monday, officials have said.
Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted at 23:57 local time, according to the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMG).
Hadi Wijaya, a PVMG spokesperson, said fiery lava and rocks had hit the villages about 4km (two miles) from the crater, burning and damaging residents’ houses.
According to local officials, the eruption has affected seven villages.
PVMG said fires had “occurred in residential areas due to the ejection of incandescent material” from the volcano.
It has raised the status of the volcano to the highest alert level, warning that a 7km (four-mile) radius from the crater must be cleared.
“We have started evacuating residents since this morning to other villages located around 20km (13 miles) from the crater,” local official Heronimus Lamawuran told Reuters.
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