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Jakarta - About 2,000 people living in the shadow of Indonesia's
Mount Egon were placed on alert Wednesday as the volcano spewed
smoke for a fourth day, a disaster management official said.
The 1,703 meter volcano on the eastern island of Flores has
been emitting a column of thick black smoke up to 1 000 meters
high from the tip of the crater since Sunday, Steve Bajo told
AFP.
"From the crater, there has been intermittent smoke spewing
since Sunday and it is still spewing today. We are now on alert
status," he said from Maumere, a town about 25 kilometers west
of the volcano.
He said officials had warned the estimated 2 000 residents
living within a radius of 2,5 kilometers of the crater to remain
cautious and remain in their homes pending a possible evacuation
order.
Sunday's eruption was the first since last September.
Indonesia sits on the "Pacific Rim of Fire" noted for its
volcanic and seismic activity and has more than 100 active
volcanoes.
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