Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts

A handout picture taken and released by Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation on April 17, 2024 shows Mount Ruang releasing hot lava and smoke in Sangihe Islands as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi on April 17, 2024. - AFP

JAKARTA: At least 800 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province have been evacuated after multiple eruptions of the area's Ruang volcano, which for days has spewed lava and ash clouds into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said on Wednesday (April 17).

The volcano, located on Ruang island about 100km (62 miles) from the provincial capital Manado, has erupted more than three times since Tuesday.