A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted three times on Thursday, belching an ash tower five kilometres into the sky and spewing lava against a backdrop of lightning, according to the Geological Agency.
Mount Ibu, located on the island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted Thursday morning shortly after 1:00 am (1600 GMT Wednesday) and then
again at 7:46 am and 8:11 am, the agency said.
The initial eruption spewed an ash tower more than 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) above the peak, according to a statement on the agency’s website.
The latter eruption lasted around two minutes and caused an ash column that “was observed around 1,000 metres above the peak,” Geological Agency head Muhammad Wafid said in the statement.
The agency advised residents and tourists to stay out of an exclusion zone between four and seven kilometres from Ibu’s crater and to wear eye and mouth coverings when outdoors.
The eruptions were the latest in a series of huge belches that forced authorities to evacuate more than half a dozen villages last month.
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