A volcano in western Indonesia that has
been spewing clouds of searing gas high
into the air let out a new powerful burst
yesterday,
Authorities are monitoring Mount Sinabung
on Sumatra after placing it at the highest
alert level last week,Hot ash tumbled down
Sinabung's slopes up to 2,5km from its
smouldering mouth,government volcanologist
Surono said,
He urged villages to stay out of the main danger
zone,which stretches 7km to the southeast of
the crater,No injuries were reported,
"The growing size of the lava dome is very
unstable"said Surono adding the smouldering
rocks mixed with hot gases might tumble
down at any time,
The volcano in North Sumatra province has
been shooting smoke and ash more than 500m
into the air since Monday,
Authorities counted more than 50 eruptions
early yesterday,but said villages outside the
evacuated area were not in immediate danger,
Mount Sinabung is among the about 130 active
volcanoes in Indonesia which is prone to seimic
upheaval because of its location on the Pacific.
Ring of Fire an arc of volcanoes and fault
lines encircling the Pacific Basin.
AP
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