Tourist falls off cliff while posing for photo on volcano

Dangerous allure: The Ijen’s ‘blue fire’ is in fact blue light emitted from the combustion of sulphuric gases. — The Straits Times/ANN

A Chinese woman who was posing for photos on an Indonesian volcano known for its stunning “blue fire” phenomenon died after tripping and falling off a cliff.

On Saturday, Huang Lihong, 31, and her husband Zhang Yong, 32, were on a guided tour to Ijen – a volcano tourism park in East Java province – when they climbed to the edge of the crater, Hongxing News reported.