JAKARTA - Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated after a volcano erupted in eastern part of Indonesia, officials said here Tuesday. Mount Karangetang on Siau Island, of North Sulawesi province has been on top alert status since Sunday, as the volcano has formed a crater on its side and spewed black ash carrying hot materials up to two kilometers, head of Indonesian Volcanology Agency Surono said.
"The volcano has erupted and formed craters at its side and spew black ash carrying hot material, which is very dangerous," he told. Surono said that the agency had recommended local administration to evacuate residence living in the slope of the volcano up to more than 3 kilometers. Head of the local disaster management agency, Arnold Poly, said that nearly 400 villagers fled their homes at several villages on the slopes of the mountain after several times of tremors and spewing of hot lava.
"The total evacuees reaches 364 people, they take shelters in church and other building which are far from the volcano," he told. The last eruption of Karangetang occurred in 1992, killing at least six people.
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JAKARTA - Hundreds of villagers have been evacuated after a volcano erupted in eastern part of Indonesia, officials said here Tuesday. Mount Karangetang on Siau Island, of North Sulawesi province has been on top alert status since Sunday, as the volcano has formed a crater on its side and spewed black ash carrying hot materials up to two kilometers, head of Indonesian Volcanology Agency Surono said.
