People watch as Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, March 11, 2021. The volcano unleashed an avalanche of searing gas clouds flowing down its slopes during eruption on Thursday. No casualties were reported. - AP
JAKARTA, March 12 (dpa): Indonesia's Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province erupted on Thursday (March 11), ejecting a stream of hot gas, ash and rock debris three kilometres down its slopes, an official said.
The volcano also spewed columns of ash as high as 1,000 metres into the sky, said Armen Putra, the head of the Sinabung monitoring post.
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