Volcano Erupts in Indonesia, no Fatalities or Injuries Reported

Mount Sinabung volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted Monday, sending columns of ash and smoke more than 5,000 meters into the air and hot clouds down its slops. There were no injuries or deaths from the morning eruption, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. No one lives inside the 7-kilometer danger zone around the volcano, but hundreds of houses outside it were covered in volcanic ash. Some 30,000 people from around the mount have been forced to relocate in the...

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