Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 9 people

Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency says at least nine people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores. Authorities raised the danger level and widened the danger zone for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki on Monday, following a series of eruptions that began last week. The eruption just after midnight on Monday spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters into the air and hot ashes hit a nearby village, burning down several houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post. It’s Indonesia’s second volcanic eruption in as many weeks.

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