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Bali volcano Mount Agung shoots burst of ash, week after Anak Krakatoa eruption triggered deadly Indonesia tsunami

  • More than 140,000 people had fled the area around Mount Agung in late September after its alert status was raised to the highest level
  • It is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia

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Mount Agung volcano spews hot volcanic ash in June. On Sunday it shot a burst of hot ash into the air. File photo: EPA

A volcano on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali shot a new burst of hot ash into the air Sunday in the latest of the country’s several eruptions within a week.

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Mount Agung erupted for about three minutes, spewing white clouds of smoke and ash more than 700 metres (2,300 feet) into the air, the Volcanology and Geological Mitigation Agency said in a statement.

The eruption of the 3,031-metre volcano didn’t prompt evacuations, and its alert status remains at the second-highest level.

The agency warned tourists to stay away from the danger zone in a 4km (2.5-mile) radius around the crater.

Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that white dust from the eruption blanketed several villages close to the mountain slope in Karangasem district.

Ngurah Rai International Airport spokesman Arie Ahsanurrohim said that flights were operating normally.

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