Government of Indonesia has issued a red alert after the Sinabung volcano on the island of Sumatra erupted, spewing smoke and ash 1,500 metres into the air and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.
Surono, head of the nation's volcano disaster alert centre, told AFP, "Initially we thought the ash and smoke were triggered by rain but now we know the driving pressure was from magma." He added further that, "It's clearly dangerous so we've raised the warning to the highest level, or red level."
Sinabung, in northern Sumatra and this volcano has not erupted for more than 400 years but had shown "some volcanic activity" since Friday, Surono said.
Approximately 12,000 people living nearby Sinabung have been evacuated, the Antara news agency reported.
In mid April, there was a shutdown of airspaces in many countries in Europe due to the ash cloud from a volcanic eruption that occurred in Reykjavik, Iceland. The disruption went on for around 6 days and if Sinaung will erupt there might be a lot of disturbance in flights using airspace of Indonesia and neighbouring countries.
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