Overview
- Rescuers retrieved the two Singaporean hikers near the crater rim on Sunday in North Maluku, following Friday’s violent eruption on Halmahera.
- The blast left three people dead, including the two Singaporeans and an Indonesian woman, as officials sent the men’s bodies for autopsy and arranged flights home for the seven surviving Singaporeans.
- About 150 personnel used thermal drones in a hazardous operation that faced rain, rough terrain, and continuing bursts of ash.
- Indonesia’s volcanology agency maintains a 4 km exclusion zone and the third-highest alert level as Dukono keeps erupting.
- Police will question companions as agencies examine possible negligence by guides or individuals, and local commentary points to safety gaps such as no checkpoint or warden to deliver warnings.