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Indonesian rescuers evacuating thousands after Mount Ibu erupts

  • Indonesian rescuers are evacuating 3,000 residents from Halmahera Island due to the eruption of Mount Ibu, which sent ash four kilometers into the sky, according to the disaster agency.
  • The evacuation began after the alert level for Mount Ibu was raised to the most severe following a two-minute eruption on Wednesday, as stated by the volcanology agency.
  • The regional disaster mitigation agency, military, and police assisted in evacuating residents from six villages near the eruption zone, as reported by Irfan Idrus, the disaster agency's local head.
  • Authorities warned the public to stay away from a four-kilometer radius around the volcano, with an expanded sectoral area of six kilometers towards the crater, according to the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency.
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