Volcanic Eruption Search operations halted after another volcanic eruption in Indonesia
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Padang. Indonesian rescue workers have suspended the search for 12 climbers on Mount Marapi after another volcanic eruption on Monday. Officials said the second explosion spread a thick blanket of ash 800 meters into the sky. Abdul Malik, head of West Sumatra’s search and rescue agency, said the bodies of 11 climbers were recovered during the day, but due to the second explosion. Attempts to transport them were hampered.
He said the search operation would be resumed once the situation improves. A video released by the agency showed rescue workers carrying an injured climber off the mountain on a stretcher and into a waiting ambulance to take him to a hospital. Earlier on Sunday, Mount Marapi had erupted, due to which a thick layer of ash covered the sky and the ash clouds spread for several kilometers.
Hendra Gunawan, head of the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation, said the volcano remains at the third-highest of four alert levels since 2011, indicating above-normal volcanic activity and within three kilometers of the summit. Restricts movement of mountaineers and villagers within. This means there should be no climbing to the peak, he said.
He said climbers were allowed to go to less dangerous areas, but many of them broke the rules to satisfy their own satisfaction of climbing further. On Saturday, around 75 climbers had started climbing the 2,900 meter high mountain and got stuck. Harry Augustian, an official with the local search and rescue agency in Padang, said eight of them were admitted to hospitals on Sunday. When asked what could be the total number of people trapped, he said it could not be confirmed as some people might have taken illegal routes to climb the mountain and local people might also be among them.
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