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Volcanic eruption injures sand miner in Indonesia

A sand miner has suffered burns to 80 per cent of his body after he was struck by superheated volcanic material from a Mount Semeru eruption in Indonesia.

AAP · Jun 20

Watch: Volcano Erupts in Horror Blast as Mount Semeru Sends Hundreds Evacuating

Watch the chilling videos as Mount Semeru erupts in a powerful volcano blast in Indonesia, sending ash clouds skyward and forcing hundreds to evacuate as officials raise the alert to its highest level.

International Business Times · Nov 20, 2025

More than 170 climbers rescued as Mount Semeru eruption blankets villages in ash

Indonesia sits along the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025

What causes volcanoes to erupt?

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The Conversation · May 1, 2023

Indonesia’s Mt. Semeru Eruption Buries Homes, Damages Bridge

Improved weather conditions Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island erupted, triggered by monsoon rains. Mount Semeru in Lumajang district in East Java province spewed thick columns of ash more than 1,500 meters (nearly…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 5, 2022

Thousands on alert in Indonesia's Java after Mt. Semeru eruption

Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8-kilometer no-go zone and forced evacuations of entire villages.

Reuters · Dec 5, 2022

Residents are evacuating as Mount Semeru, Indonesia's highest volcano, has erupted

Monsoon rains eroded and finally collapsed the lava dome atop 3,676-meter (12,060-foot) Mount Semeru, causing the eruption, according to National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari.

WEKU · Dec 4, 2022

Indonesia's highest volcano Mount Semeru ERUPTS releasing lava river and gas clouds

Biblical monsoon rains have eroded and collapsed Mount Semeru's dome, forcing hundreds of residents in East Java, Indonesia to evacuate the area to escape flowing lava

Daily Mirror · Dec 4, 2022

Indonesia’s Mount Semeru volcano erupts, spews huge clouds of ash

Nearly 2,000 people evacuate as Indonesia’s highest volcano erupts, releasing searing clouds of gas and ash.

Al Jazeera · Dec 4, 2022