More eruptions 'imminent'
27,000 more people to be evacuated
Thousands of panicked Indonesians were forced to flee their homes after the volcano they lived near erupted.
Mount Lokon spit lava and smoke high into the sky - sending residents racing down its fiery slopes.
Glowing lava cascaded from the mouth of the crater, triggering forest fires along its slopes, while one woman died of a heart attack as she fled.
Eruption: Indonesian volcano Mount Lokon triggered forest fires after it spewed out hot gas and lava
Glowing: Residents living near Mount Lokon were forced to evacuate the region following the eruption
Nelson Uada, among those evacuated overnight, said: 'This is the largest eruption I've ever experienced.
'It was very scary. Glowing lava flowed like flames in the darkness and it sounded like we were in a war.'
Mount Lokon, in central Indonesia's northern Sulawesi province, unleashed its first powerful eruption at 10.46pm on Thursday.
Brian Rulrone, a disaster management agency official, said it was followed by a second blast just after midnight and a third at 1.10am on Friday morning.
Ferry Rusmawan, an official at the nearest monitoring post, added that activity remained high and another eruption appeared imminent as the 5,741ft mountain continued to rumble.
Eruption: The residents of this house in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, could also be evacuated
Soldiers and police helped rescuers evacuate residents living along the mountain's fertile slopes.
Jimmy Eman, the acting mayor of the nearby town of Tomohon, said the only victim so far was a 56-year-old woman who died of a heart attack as she fled.
He revealed that more than 6,000 people were crammed into schools, churches and other temporary shelters.
A total of 27,000 other people living within two miles of the crater also would be moved.
Flights to the nearest international airport in Manado, the provincial capital, were not disrupted, said spokesman Lucky Podaag.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 240 million people, is prone to earthquakes and volcanoes because it sits along the Pacific 'Ring of Fire' - a horseshoe-shaped string of faults that lines the Pacific Ocean.
Mount Lokon, which has been on high alert for nearly a week, is one of the country's 129 active volcanoes.
Its last major eruption in 1991 killed a Swiss hiker and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
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Ribuan orang mengungsi di Tomohon
Sekitar 4.500 orang mengungsi akibat letusan Gunung Lokon di Tomohon, Sulawesi Utara yang meletus pada Kamis (14/7) malam dan Jumat pagi.
Kepala Bidang Rehabilitasi dan Rekonstruksi Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah BPBD Kota Tomohon Frany Tulung mengatakan para pengungsi berasal dari tiga kelurahan yang terdekat dengan puncak Gunung Lokon, yaitu Kelurahan Kinilow, Kinilow 1 dan Kakaskasen.
"Ribuan masyarakat yang diungsikan itu berasal dari daerah aliran lahar Gunung Lokon, sementara beberapa warga di kelurahan lain masih bertahan," kata Frany.
Dia menjelaskan pengungsi ditempatkan di lima lokasi antara lain SMA Kristen, SMA Kristen 2, dan SMK Kristen.
Frany mengatakan bantuan bagi pengungsi sudah cukup, dan belum ada korban meninggal akibat letusan Gunung Lokon.
"Satu orang dilaporkan meninggal di pengungsian, karena jatuh di kamar mandi," tambah dia.
Penerbangan waspada
Peningkatan aktivitas Gunung Lokon di Tomohon, membuat Kementrian Perhubungan mengeluarkan peringatan kepada maskapai penerbangan untuk waspada ketika melewati daerah tersebut.
Setelah letusan Gunung Lokon, pada Kamis (14/7) malam, ketinggian abu vulkanik meningkat dari 50 ribu feet menjadi 150 ribu feet.
Pelaksana Harian Pusat Komunikasi Publik Kementrian Perhubungan J. A Barata mengatakan dalam Notice to Airman (Notam) yang dikirimkan perusahaan penerbangan Jum'at (15/7) pagi, disebutkan zona yang berbahaya bagi penerbangan di kawasan ini adalah 10 Nautical Mile atau sekitar 18,52 km dari Gunung Lokon.
"Penerbangan yang melewati daerah tersebut harus waspada dan menghindari zona berbahaya itu," kata Barata.
Barata mengatakan maskapai penerbangan masih dapat terbang ke Kota Manado, asalkan menghindari zona berbahaya yang disebutkan oleh Kementrian Perhubungan. Dia menambahkan sampai hari ini belum ada laporan gangguan jadwal penerbangan ke Ibukota Sulawesi Utara itu.
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesia/berit...atelokon.shtml
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