Roads blocked with hot lava, people blocked in homes: a volcano woke up in Indonesia

The evacuation of residents is hampered by one of the roads blocked by hot volcanic ash. Collage “Today”

As a result of the eruption of the Semeru volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, one person died and more than 40 were injured.

Channel News Asia reports.

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Some local residents did not manage to evacuate and were trapped in their homes.

According to the deputy head of the Masdar district administration, 41 people were injured during the volcanic eruption. They received burns of varying severity. Besides, there is a deceased. He lived in Lumajang District.

Due to the rapid movement of lava, local residents were trapped in houses and buildings. The authorities are using helicopters to evacuate them. In addition, the evacuation of residents is hampered by one of the roads blocked by hot volcanic ash and a completely destroyed bridge in the area.

We will remind, the Spanish authorities have limited the flights of civil aircraft over the Canary Islands due to the eruption of the volcano Cumbre Vieja. Some flights to the island of Palma were canceled on the morning of 23 September.

In the southwest of Iceland, after a series of tremors on the night of Saturday, March 20, the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano began, 40 km from the capital of the country, Reykjavik.

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Source From: Segodnya

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