Manado, N Sulawesi - Residents of Tomohon, North Sulawesi Province, panicked and left their houses as Mount Lokon erupted again on Thursday at around 10.30 pm local time. "Many people, especially those living in the red zone, are taking refuge on the roads," Johanes Pangkey, a Tomohon resident, said here Friday. The volcano spewed burning lava into the air, Herdi Togas, a resident of Kinilow, Tomohon, said. Military personnel and members of the Search and Rescue (SAR) team evacuated people living around 3.5 km from the mountain. The government has declared Kinilow Environs I, 2, 3 and 7, as well as Kinilow I Environ V as dangerous zones. The Lokon eruption could also be monitored from Boulevard, Manado, Bumi Beringin and Kairagi, Mapanget sub district. "Its eruption can be seen from the Manado Convention Center (MCC), the Boulevard area, Manado. For the first time in my life, I saw lava," Gina Saerang, a student at Sam Ratulangi University, said. Jackson Kumaat, a North Sulawesi governor's staffer, immediately instructed members of Go Jacko Foundation to provide cooked food for refugees at Agotey and Koha villages, Tombariri. Meanwhile, Head of the Data and Information Center of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in Jakarta Thursday night that the major eruption had caused forest fires around the volcano. The BNPB, Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and relevant government institutions are conducting evacuations of people living in the danger zones. Sutopo said from 6 am to 12 noon white smoke came out from the mountain's cauldron rising 100 to 150 meters into the sky. During the past few hours Mt Lokon produced 25 deep volcanic tremors and 30 shallow volcanic quakes. The volcanic tremors struck with an amplitude of 0.5 to 4 millimeters. Mt Lokon's condition had been declared in a watchful status since Sunday (July 10).


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