Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts, spews red-hot lava

Lava flows down from the crater of Mount Merapi as seen from Kaliurang, in Yogyakarta on Feb 19, 2021.- AFP

JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday (Feb 19), belching out fiery red lava.

The volcano, close to Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta on Java island, had already spewed lava almost two dozen times over the two last days and caused hundreds of minor volcanic quakes, according to a report by Indonesia's geological agency.