AT LEAST 10 people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki in eastern Indonesia erupted near midnight on Sunday.
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Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located on Flores Island, erupted on Sunday at 11.57 p.m. (1557 GMT), belching a fiery-red column of lava, volcanic ash and blazing rocks, Hadi Wijaya, a spokesperson for The Center of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), said on Monday.
“After the eruption, there was power outage and then it was raining and big lightning which caused panic among residents,” he told Reuters, adding that the authority had raised the status of the volcano to the highest alert level.
The agency said a seven-kilometre (four miles)radius from the crater must be cleared.
Fiery lava and rocks hit the nearest settlements around four kms (two miles) from the crater, burning and damaging residents’ houses, Hadi said.
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