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| Mount Sinabung releases volcanic materials during an eruption as seen from a school yard in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday. The rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday shot billowing columns of ash and hot clouds down its slopes. AP-Yonhap |
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Wednesday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash into the sky.
The eruption of the volcano in North Sumatra province lasted about 12 minutes, a local geological agency said.
"The volcanic material reached 4,500 metres into the air," the head of the agency's Sinabung monitoring post, Armen Putra, told AFP.
An image shared by the agency showed a column of thick, dark smoke coming from the crater.
Clouds of smoke and ash travelled 1,000 meters away from the peak, the agency added.
No evacuation orders were issued because the debris did not reach the nearest villages and there was no reported disruption to flights in the area. (AFP)
