JAKARTA: A volcano in jap Indonesia erupted on Saturday (January 11), spewing boiling lava and releasing a 4km-high column of smoke and ash, an official mentioned.
Mount Ibu, on Halmahera island in North Maluku province, erupted at 7.45pm Indonesian central time (11.45am GMT), sending a tall flaming column into the sky.
“Lava was noticed 2 kilometers from the middle of the eruption,” the top of the Geological Agency, Muhammad Wafid, mentioned in an announcement.
Images from a volcano monitoring station confirmed a column of vivid pink flames and thick, darkish smoke billowing excessive above the volcano’s crater.
The volcano is presently nonetheless on the second highest alert stage.
There was no new evacuation order, however guests and villagers have been advised to depart an space between 4 and 5.5km from the summit.
The company additionally urged individuals to put on masks and protecting glasses in case of volcanic ash rain.
Ibu is one in every of Indonesia’s most lively volcanoes, erupting greater than 2,000 instances final 12 months.
According to official information, in 2022, greater than 700,000 individuals lived on Halmahera Island.
Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic exercise because of its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.
Last 12 months, Mount Ruang in North Sulawesi province erupted greater than half a dozen instances, forcing hundreds of residents of close by islands to evacuate.
