Indonesia's Mount Dukono volcano kills 3 hikers during eruption as 17 others, including tourists, evacuated

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TOBELO, Indonesia — The Mount Dukono volcano successful Indonesia erupted Friday greeting section time, sidesplitting 3 hikers who had entered a restricted zone, according to section police. 

The Police Chief of the North Halmahera Regency provided an update connected KOMPAS TV, a authorities broadcast partner, that 20 climbers, including 9 tourists, were successful a banned country during the eruption.

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  • Mount Dukono successful  Indonesia erupted Friday morning, sending an ash plume much  than 6 miles into the sky. Local constabulary  said that 3 hikers were killed during the eruption aft  they had entered a restricted zone.

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    Mount Dukono successful Indonesia erupted Friday morning, sending an ash plume much than 6 miles into the sky. Local constabulary said that 3 hikers were killed during the eruption aft they had entered a restricted zone. (Stella Frans via Storyful)

  • Mount Dukono successful  Indonesia erupted Friday morning, sending an ash plume much  than 6 miles into the sky. Local constabulary  said that 3 hikers were killed during the eruption aft  they had entered a restricted zone.

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    Mount Dukono successful Indonesia erupted Friday morning, sending an ash plume much than 6 miles into the sky. Local constabulary said that 3 hikers were killed during the eruption aft they had entered a restricted zone. (Stella Frans via Storyful)

He said the victims were 2 Indonesian citizens and 1 tourist. Their identities person not been released.

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The county's halfway for volcanology had issued a Level 2 alert, which indicated recent, heightened enactment astatine Mount Dukono.

Officials said the eruption sent an ash plume much than 6 miles into the sky.

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Ash blown astir the apical of Mt. St. Helens connected Sept. 16, 2025.

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Indonesia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire — a ringing surrounding the Pacific Ocean, which holds 90% of the world's progressive volcanoes.

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The 44th eruption of Mount Kīlauea volcano successful  Hawaii.

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According to the Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, Mount Dukono has been continuously erupting since 1933.

It sits connected Halmahera Island which is astir halfway betwixt the Philippines and Australia.

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