30 treated for exposure as Indonesian volcano belches fumes
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) " Thirty people were treated for gas exposure after Mount Ijen in eastern Java belched toxic fumes from its crater, Indonesia's disaster agency said Thursday.Spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that dozens of residents of several villages on the volcano's slopes had to flee.The mountain is known for its stunning sulfur lake and night-time sulfur mining involving dangerous and backbreaking work by low paid laborers.Sutopo said Ijen's summit is now [...]
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