People flee as volcano erupts

People flee as volcano erupts

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Hundreds of residents fled their
homes on Sunday for safer areas on Flores island in East Nusa
Tenggara after Mount Egon erupted again.

The 1,701 meter volcano in Sikka regency belched out ash and
sulfuric gases over the regental capital of Maumere on Saturday
night, according to Pater Huber Thomas of the Flores Humanitarian
Voluntary Team (TRUK-F).

No injuries were reported, but Sikka Regent Alex Longginus
prohibited residents on the slope of the mountain from
approaching the volcano that continued to spew hot ash on Sunday.

The volcano previously erupted on Jan. 29 this year and in
1907. --JP