Rescuers sent to find tourists

Jakarta: Rescuers in Indonesia were dispatched to evacuate nearly 400 tourists, most of them foreigners, after a volcano erupted at one of the country’s most popular hiking destinations, an official said.

Mount Barujari began erupting late Tuesday afternoon, sending columns of ash and smoke shooting 2km into the sky over Lombok island, a tourist hotspot to the immediate east of Bali.