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MALANG - The Mount Bromo volcano in the area of Probolinggo, East Java Province is still active. An ash cloud caused by one of the small eruptions of the volcano earlier this morning is now making it's way to the city of Malang. "There were several small eruptions earlier this morning. The ash clouds from these eruptions are headed for the city of Malang," said the head of the Crisis Center of the Department of Public Health, Mudjiharto.
Mudjiharto currently is in the area of the Mount Bromo volcano to monitor the situation up-close and personal. Residents in the area are also informed about the latest developments. "Later today there will be a meeting of heads of the regional health services about what to do in case the eruption of the Bromo volcano is increasing in size," said Mudjiharto.
According to Mudjiharto, the government has not started evacuating people yet. The safe zone around the volcano has been set at three kilometers from it's crater, an area where virtually no people permanently live because the sheer size of the Bromo-Tengger volcano complex. Preparations for a possible evavuation have been made however.
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