At Least 14 People Dead After Indonesia's volcano Villages buried under hot ash
Rescue efforts continue after Indonesia’s Mt Semeru volcano on the Java island erupted on Saturday. Fourteen people are known to have died, and dozens more have been injured, many sufferings severe burns, according to emergency authorities.
One volunteer in the nearby district of Lumajang filmed police and military officials working on digging out bodies with their bare hands least 11 villages in Lumajang, in East Java, have been impacted, many coated in volcanic ash.
Approximately 56 people have been injured, with many suffering burns after mistaking the hot mudflow for flooding. According to reports, one man searching for survivors stated that 10 people were missing in his village.
“Locals here thought it was just usual floods. We did not know it was hot mud. All of sudden, the sky turned dark as rains and hot smoke came. Thankfully, it was raining so we could breathe,”.
Some relatives of the victims in Lumajang in East Java say they have not yet been able to collect their loved ones as some of the bodies have not yet been identified by authorities.
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