Indonesia raises alert level as volcano near Bali erupts
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Surabaya, Indonesia: A volcano on Indonesia s main island of Java erupted on Wednesday, throwing ash and gas kilometres into the sky and forcing offic...
Surabaya, Indonesia: A volcano on Indonesia's main island of Java erupted on Wednesday, throwing ash and gas kilometres into the sky and forcing officials to raise the alert status to its highest level.
Mount Semeru in eastern Java, about 310 kilometres west of the tourist hotspot of Bali, erupted at 2:13 pm local time (0713 GMT), spewing what are known as pyroclastic flows, Indonesian geological agency head Muhammad Wafid said.
"The public is advised not to engage in activities within an 8 kilometre (5 mile) radius of the crater or peak of Mount Semeru due to the risk of being struck by ejected rocks," he said in a statement.
The local disaster agency said the plume of ash had risen as far as 8.5 kilometres into the air, although Wafid said thick fog blanketing the mountain had made measurements difficult.
The geological agency also said that seismic activity at Mount Semeru remained high.
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