Search teams are still searching for 12 missing persons

Death toll from Indonesia volcano eruption rises to 39

Residents left the areas near the eruption site.

Reuters

Yesterday, a search official announced that the death toll from the eruption of the Semeru volcano in East Java province in Indonesia, earlier this week, has risen to 39. The head of the preparedness and preparedness team of the search and rescue agency in East Java province, E Wayan Sweatna, said that search teams are still searching for 12 missing people. The eruption of the volcano prompted the villagers of Lumagang to flee their homes in panic, while a huge plume of smoke rose into the sky, and molten rocks scattered on the slopes. Officials announced that the eruption of the volcano injured dozens of people, most of them with serious burns, and displaced more than 4,000 people. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who visited the site of the eruption yesterday, promised to move more than 2,000 families to safer places, where new homes would be built for them.The volcano, a 3,700-meter-high mountain located in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, has erupted several times since December last year. It is noteworthy that the mountain is the highest on the island of Java, which is home to 145 million people. Indonesia is located on the so-called "Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean", an area known for its seismic activity, and there are about 128 active volcanoes.

• The eruption of the volcano prompted the villagers in the "Lumangang" area to flee their homes in a state of panic, while a huge column of smoke rose in the sky, and molten rocks were scattered on the slopes.

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