Overview
- A Friday eruption that blasted ash to about 10 kilometers over Mount Dukono killed three hikers and left others unaccounted for, according to local police and disaster officials.
- Rescuers from Basarnas and BPBD evacuated 17 people from the slopes and are searching for three still missing, with several survivors treated for injuries.
- Authorities said the group included nine Singaporean nationals and that some climbers crossed into the restricted 4‑kilometer exclusion area despite posted warnings.
- Indonesia’s volcanology agency kept Dukono at the third‑highest alert level and warned that ash is drifting north toward Tobelo, with rain raising the threat of mudflows that can surge down river channels.
- Monitors report the volcano had shown rising unrest since late March with nearly 200 smaller blasts, a reminder of the constant hazards on Indonesia’s seismically active Ring of Fire.