Overview
- Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said three Singaporean hikers died after a sudden eruption at Mount Dukono on Halmahera in North Maluku.
- The agency reported evacuating around twenty people who had been trapped on the mountain.
- Rescue teams are still looking for about 20 hikers who remain unaccounted for as operations continue.
- Agency photos show a towering ash plume over the volcano and crews carrying an injured person on a stretcher through forested slopes.
- Indonesia lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has about 120 active volcanoes, with Dukono among the country’s most active peaks.