JAKARTA—A volcano erupted near Indonesia's third-biggest city of Bandung on Friday, July 26, sending ash several hundred meters into the air and triggering warnings for people to stay away.
Broadcasters showed footage of cars and motorbikes driving away from Tangkuban Parahu on roads covered by ash.
The disaster mitigation agency said the tourism spot had been closed and the alert status of the volcano was being evaluated.
The volcano is about 30 km (18 miles) north of Bandung, the capital of West Java province.
'Ring Of Fire'
Indonesia is on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire and has scores of active volcanoes, sometimes posing a threat to life and disrupting air travel, particularly on the most heavily populated islands like Java and Bali.An eruption in 1963 killed about 1,100 people after Mount Agung erupted about 45 miles northeast of Bali’s tourist hotspot of Kuta.
Mount Agung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location on the so-called “Ring of Fire”—a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.
