Volcanic eruption in Indonesia kills 1, injures dozens
Semeru 1 of 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia
Indonesia's Semeru volcano on Java island erupted on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 41 as it spewed out huge clouds of smoke and ash, officials said.
Videos shared by emergency officials showed residents
running as towering plumes of smoke and ash blanketed nearby villages in East
Java province.
The deputy chief of Lumajang district, Indah Masdar, told a
news conference one person had died and 41 people had suffered burn injuries.
Authorities were setting up evacuation tents, the country's
disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said. But evacuations have been hampered by
thick smoke, BNPB chief Suharyanto said
AirNav Indonesia, which controls Indonesian airspace, said
in a statement the eruption did not "cause significant impact" on
flights.
Semeru, the highest on Java island, is among Indonesia's
nearly 130 active volcanoes. It erupted in January, causing no casualties.
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