The enormous volcano was dormant for centuries before roaring back to life in 2010, and has since remained highly active and erupted several times.
While today’s eruption is the first of 2018 the volcano actually erupted just a fortnight ago, spewing huge plumes of smoke into the skies above the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
Locals watched as the skies turned grey when the suffocating volcanic ash billowed out, but fortunately the eruption didn’t cause any casualties.
The Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency has warned against locals getting near the danger zone which is within three to seven-kilometres around Mount Sinabung’s crater.
The incredibly frequent eruptions of the huge volcano have prompted authorities to put up permanent signs to warn people against going anywhere near it.
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