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Thousands of villagers evacuated in Indonesia after volcano that was dormant for more than 400 years erupts FIFTY times in one night
Jennifer Smith
Jan. 5, 2014
- Thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes after Mount Sinabung erupted
- The volcano had been dormant for over four centuries before erupting in 2010 and then again in September
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The crater erupted more than 50 times on Saturday night and forced remaining residents to scramble
Panicked residents of a mountainside village in western Indonesia were forced to scramble from their homes when a nearby volcano erupted late on Saturday night.
Women and children were packed into vans and driven away from Mount Sinabung as it spurted gas and lava just after midnight in Northern Sumatra province.
Natural disaster authorities said more than 50 eruptions occurred, with rocks and debris landing three miles away from the mountain, though no casualties have been reported.
The volcano was still spitting gas and lava as high as 13,00 feet this morning.
