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Indonesia's volcano erupts, triggering evacuation
[July 11, 2011]

Indonesia's volcano erupts, triggering evacuation

JAKARTA, Jul 11, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Another volcano in North Sulawesi province has erupted, triggering an evacuation of over 20,000 people living near the slope of the mountain, officials said on Monday.

Mount Lokon has started big eruptions since about 22:00 p.m.

local time (1400 GMT) Sunday which led the National Volcanology Agency raising the alert level to the highest and declaring 3.5 kilometer of dangerous zone, said Kristianto, head of monitoring and search of volcano for eastern Indonesia. "On Sunday night the scale of the eruption began to rise significantly that led us raising the alert level to the top," he told Xinhua by phone from West Java.

Over 500 meter high hot ashes went up from the crater, said Kristianto.

"We have recommended evacuations of those living in the eastern parts of the mountain in the area of at least 3.5 kilometers from the mountain," he said.


Airports have been informed to be alert of the impact of the eruption, said Kristianto.

Earlier this month, the main airport in the province had been forced to close after another volcano of Saputan in the province erupted.

Police, soldiers, officials at the local disaster management agency and have prepared for the evacuation of the residence at Tumohon Utara and Tumohon Barat districts, Arnold Poly, senior official at the provincial disaster management and mitigation agency told Xinhua by phone from then province.

There are over 20,000 people might be evacuated should the wind keep blowing to the east of the mount, he said.

"A sport stadium and buildings have been prepared to facilitate the evacuees, security authorities have been ready to bring the residence to the shelters," he said. Mount Lokon is one of Indonesia's active volcanoes whose number is about 129, according to the National Volcanology Agency.

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