Five killed in Indonesian volcano eruption
A volcano has erupted in eastern Indonesia, killing five people and shooting smoke and ash up to 2,000 metres into the air.
The country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency confirmed the eruption in a Tweet, saying Mount Rokatenda in East Nusa Tenggara province erupted early on Saturday morning and that the five were killed by lava flow.
Photo of Mount Rokatenda in eastern Indonesia after eruption earlier today pic.twitter.com/jHmr94YZDO via @BBC h/t @JordanNBCDC @OhMyGOFF
— Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) August 10, 2013
Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated from the area on Palue island. The volcano has been rumbling since October 2012.
Indonesia, an archipelago of 240 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity because it sits along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” a horseshoe-shaped series of fault lines.
