A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on the morning of April 28, spewing an ash tower more than 3km into the sky and prompting officials to warn people to keep away, Report informs via The Straits Times.
Mount Ibu, located on the island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted at 12.37am local time (1.37am Singapore time) and sent a thick column of dark smoke and ash west of the peak.
The eruption lasted more than three minutes and the ash towered about 3.5km above the peak, an official at Mount Ibu’s monitoring post, Mr Axl Roeroe, said in a statement on April 28.
“To residents and tourists near Mount Ibu, please do not conduct any activity within a 2km radius (of the crater),” he said.
The alert level for the 1,325m volcano remained at a two on the four-tiered system and there was no evacuation order after the eruption.
But authorities urged people to wear face masks and glasses when doing outdoor activities and to anticipate falling volcanic ash.