Indonesia volcano claims lives for the first time


Stan Deyo

ORIGINAL CAPTION: The death toll rose to 16 after an eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung volcano on the western island of Sumatra on Saturday, government officials said. The 8,530-foot-high volcano erupted just a day after authorities allowed thousands of villagers who had been evacuated to return to its slopes. Rescuers found 15 bodies, and a 24-year-old college student died of burns in a hospital on Sunday. Among the dead were a local TV journalist and 4 high-school students and their teacher who were visiting to see the eruptions up close. The volcano has been erupting for 4 months, spewing ash miles into the air. Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated from the area, but 14,000 living outside a three-mile danger zone were allowed to return on Friday. (Sutanta Aditya / AFP – Getty Images)

 

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