The 3,676m high Mount Semeru is one of about 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which straddles the Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth’s crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes.
East Java’s rescue agency deployed dozens of personnel to assist the evacuation, with 956 people living close to the volcano already moved to schools, mosques and government buildings, said agency official Prahista Dian.
“We’ve also deployed personnel to search for whether there are still residents trapped or not,” he added.
Source: CNA
