(ANSA) - MEDAN, 02 MAR - Eruption of the Sinabung volcano on the island of Sumatra, in Indonesia, which created a huge column of smoke and ash 5 kilometers long.
There were no victims or injuries, no evacuation orders were issued and no disruptions to air traffic were reported.
Airesidenti was asked to keep at a distance of five kilometers from the crater, an area that has been uninhabited for years due to the increase in volcanic activity.
Sinabung, a 2,460-meter (8,070 ft) volcano, lay dormant for centuries before resuming activity in 2010 when an eruption killed two people. After another period of inactivity, it erupted again in 2013 and has been very active ever since. In 2014 at least 16 people died in another eruption, another seven were killed in 2016.
Indonesia - an archipelago of over 17,000 islands and islets - has nearly 130 active volcanoes. MountMerapi also erupted yesterday on the island of Java, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. (HANDLE).