Pets mummified in ash, villages wiped from the map and at least seven dead in Indonesian volcano eruption – as experts warn of more to come
Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra sent volcanic ash flying two miles into the sky when it erupted on Saturday
Tephra tumbled down slopes for three miles westward into a river – killing at least seven and destroying villages
Photos show evidence of pyroclastic flows – a fast-moving cloud of hot volcanic gases, rocks and ash – in area
By EUAN MCLELLAND
DailyMail.com
22 May 2016
The death toll has risen to seven following the eruption of a volcano in western Indonesia as officials warn that there could yet be more blasts to come.
Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province sent volcanic ash flying two miles into the sky when it erupted on Saturday, National Disaster Management Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed today.
He said ash tumbled down the slopes as far as three miles westward into a river, killing at least seven people and leaving two more in critical condition.
All the victims of the eruption were working on their farms in the village of Gamber, about two and a half miles away from the slope, or within the danger area.
Photos taken today showed evidence of pyroclastic flows – a fast-moving cloud of hot volcanic gases, rocks and ash – in the village.
Dead and injured animals can be seen lying on the ground, while scorched homes and smoking vegetation is all that remains of a mountainside.
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