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

Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency says astatine slightest 9 group person died arsenic a bid of volcanic eruptions widens connected nan distant land of Flores

MAUMERE, Indonesia -- Indonesia’s Disaster Management Agency said Monday that astatine slightest 9 group person died arsenic a bid of volcanic eruptions widens connected nan distant land of Flores.

Authorities raised nan threat level and widened nan threat area for Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki connected Monday, pursuing a bid of eruptions that began past week.

The country’s volcano monitoring agency accrued nan volcano’s alert position to nan highest level and much than doubled nan removal area to a 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) radius aft midnight connected Monday arsenic eruptions became much frequent. It has been spewing heavy brownish ash up to 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into nan aerial each time since Thursday.

The eruption conscionable aft midnight connected Monday spewed heavy brownish ash arsenic precocious arsenic 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into nan aerial and basking ashes deed a adjacent village, burning down respective houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an charismatic astatine nan Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post.

It's Indonesia's 2nd volcanic eruption successful arsenic galore weeks. West Sumatra province's Mount Marapi, 1 of nan country's astir progressive volcanos, erupted connected Oct. 27, spewing heavy columns of ash astatine slightest 3 times and blanketing adjacent villages pinch debris, but nary casualties were reported.

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Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini and Edna Tarigan contributed to this report.