16 dead after Indonesian volcano eruption

Indonesian officials today confirmed the death of 16 people by the eruption of Sinabung volcano in Sumatra.

The death toll rose because the air is polluted with volcanic gases and ash, said the spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency , Sutopo Purwo Nugroho , the Jakarta Globe newspaper .

He called on the seated nearby mountain population extreme security measures and stay alert to the danger of another eruption .

Rescuers evacuated nearly 25,000 people , inhabitants within five kilometers of the Sinabung , where numerous eruptions are recorded for more than a month ago.

Villagers explained to news agency Antara News that the giant two thousand 460 meters altitude, erupted in August 2010 after being inactive for four centuries.

The agency said in its latest report that more than five thousand families in 17 villages have been housed in 31 evacuation centers established by local government.

During the previous weekend , the authorities decreed phase II to detect volcanic emergency that 19 of the 127 existing craters in the Asian nation increased their activity.

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