Sunday, August 29, 2010

Mount Sinabung in Indonesia Erupts; One Dead, More Than 10,000 Evacuated

It's an explosion 400 years in the making.

A volcano That had Been long dormant in Indonesia has erupted, spewing lava and sand Nearly a mile into the air on Sunday.

One person has Been killed, and more please 10.000 Have Been evacuated, Officials said.

"We will intensively monitor the activity. Before me REACH Conclusion That the condition is safe, recommend me hmmmm living in the radius of six kilometers Thurs leave the area," a government volcanologist named Surono Told the Xinhua news agency.

Mount Sinabung, located in the northern part of Indonesia, began Showing Signs of an impending Eruption last week. Evacuations started on Friday.

The government has distributed 7.000 Masks Thurs refugees and set up public kitchens so Can people cook food, Said Priyadi Kardono, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is on the so-called "Ring of Fire," an arc of Volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

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