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At least eleven hikers were found dead following the eruption of a volcano in the west of Indonesia, a local rescue official said on Monday.
“There are 26 people who were not evacuated, we found 14, three were found alive and 11 were found dead,” said Abdul Malik, head of the Padang search and rescue agency , speaking the day after the eruption.
“Rescue teams worked through the night to help hikers get to safety,” the West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency said.
Rudy Rinaldi, director of the West Sumatra disaster mitigation agency, said some of the rescued hikers were receiving medical treatment.
Authorities have imposed a three-kilometer exclusion zone around its crater. Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes significant volcanic and seismic activity. The country has nearly 130 active volcanoes.
