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Bodies of Two Singaporean Hikers Recovered After Mount Dukono Eruption

Police have opened a negligence probe over entry into the closed exclusion zone.

Overview

  • Rescuers recovered the two Singaporean men on Sunday in a difficult operation that used thermal drones and about 150 personnel in heavy rain.
  • The eruption killed three people, including an Indonesian woman named Enjel, while 17 hikers survived, among them seven Singaporeans and ten Indonesians.
  • Local officials said the bodies would undergo autopsies at a nearby hospital, and Singapore said the seven survivors would return home Sunday.
  • Mount Dukono remains at Indonesia’s third-highest alert level, and authorities bar entry within 4 km to reduce danger from ash, gas, and falling rocks.
  • The volcanology agency logged at least four eruptions on Sunday, with one ash plume rising about 1.3 km above the crater.