Another two bodies discovered on Indonesian volcano

Rescue workers found two more dead people on an Indonesian volcano that exploded this weekend. Now, 13 people have died.

The search for 10 hikers on Mount Marapi started again on Tuesday, after being stopped because it was unsafe.

Marapi was still erupting and many rescuers were climbing on slippery ground to find the missing people.

On Sunday, the volcano erupted and sent a big cloud of ash 3km (9,800ft) into the air. This ash covered the nearby villages.

75 people who were hiking were in the area when the volcano erupted. Many of them have been taken away from the area and got help for their burns.

Rescuers are using times when the weather is not too bad to search for the 10 missing people, Syahlul Munal told the media in Indonesia.

“We need to go fast,” he said.

Mr Munal, who helps with the rescue team, said they found two bodies in different places on Tuesday.

Mount Marapi is a very active volcano in Indonesia and is very popular for people who like to go hiking. It is also called the “Mountain of Fire. ” Some paths were closed and then opened again in June because of ash explosions in January and February. In 1979, Marapi had a very bad eruption and 60 people died.

Ahmad Rifandi, who works at the monitoring station in Marapi, said that he saw five eruptions from midnight to 08:00 local time (01:00 GMT) on Tuesday.

“Marapi is still erupting a lot. ” He said we can’t see how tall the column is because a cloud is covering it.

On Sunday, a video showed a big cloud of ash from a volcano spreading in the sky. The ash covered cars and roads.

On Monday, people took turns moving the people who passed away and the people who were hurt down the difficult mountain ground and onto ambulances with loud sirens.

“Some people got burned because it was really hot, and they have been brought to the hospital,” said Rudy Rinaldi, who is in charge of the disaster response agency in West Sumatra.

A hiker named Zhafirah Zahrim Febrina asked her mom for help in a video from the volcano. The 19-year-old student, who goes by the nickname Ife, looked surprised, with dirty, burnt skin and messy hair covered in grey ash.

“Mom, please help Ife. ” “This is what Ife is going through at the moment,” she said.

She went on a hike with 18 friends and is now in the hospital getting help.

Rani Radelani, her mom, told AFP that her daughter went through a lot of difficulty.

“She feels upset in her mind because she saw her burns and had to deal with the pain all night,” she said.

Marapi is on Sumatra, which is the westernmost and third biggest island of Indonesia. It is 2,891 meters (9,485 feet) tall.

The Indonesian islands are on the Pacific Ring of Fire, which is an area with lots of volcanoes and earthquakes because of the plates in the Earth’s crust.