Residents clean up after Indonesia volcanic eruption
By AFP
06 March 2021 |
3:56 pm
Locals near the erupting Mount Sinabung volcano clean buildings and vehicles as a spectacular column of ash and smoke is blown thousands of metres into the sky.
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