Witnesses have described sheer panic as waves of gas and fine rock were unleashed from Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island Saturday, consuming farmers trying to flee the slopes of the highly active volcano.
The fast-moving flows -- reaching temperatures of up to 700 degrees Celsius (1,300 Fahrenheit) -- incinerated homes and left livestock blackened and peeling.
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