EAST FLORES: A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted again on Tuesday, blowing an ash column into the sky a day after it spewed fireballs on nearby villages that killed nine people. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-metre twin volcano located on the popular tourist island of Flores, shot flaming rocks at residential areas overnight on Monday, setting wooden houses on fire and pockmarking the ground.
Authorities said it killed at least 10 people and injured dozens more, but on Tuesday revised the toll down by one. Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted again on Tuesday, shooting ash a kilometre into the sky.
There were no immediate reports of fresh damage to villages surrounding the crater. The local search and rescue agency in the town of Maumere on Flores said in a statement that no residents had been reported missing, but rescuers were still combing through the volcanic debris as a precaution. Some nearby residents who appeared to have stayed in their homes were evacuating in trucks after the latest eruption. — AFP
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