The Semeru volcano erupts: an entire village covered with lava, the death toll rises to 13

The death toll from the eruption of the Semeru volcano, on the Indonesian island of Java, is at least 13 dead.

This was announced by the national agency for disaster management.

The village of Lumajang was covered with a thick layer of cold lava and ash: at least 57 people were injured, including 41 burned. Ten people were pulled alive from the rubble. The work of the rescuers continues uninterrupted.

The last major eruption of Semeru was in December 2020.

Indonesia is located on the so-called Pacific Fire Belt, where the meeting of continental plates causes strong seismic activity: it has nearly 130 active volcanoes on its territory. At the end of 2018, the eruption of a volcano between the islands of Java and Sumatra caused a tsunami that killed nearly 400 people.

(Unioneonline / D)