In connection with the danger of the eruption of the volcano Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali, tens of thousands of people were evacuated. The number of people transferred to a safe place was 34,000, a representative of Indonesia's Emergency Situations Office. Due to the threat of an eruption, the fourth, highest level of danger was declared.
The authorities called residents of settlements located at a distance of up to 9 kilometers from the volcano, to leave their homes. Volcanologists fear that for the first time in the last half-century the eruption of Agunga. From the volcano, white smoke rises, only on September 23 there were recorded more than a hundred tremors. A representative of the rescuers said that tourists are out of danger.
As a result of recent eruptions in 1963-64, more than 1,000 people were killed.
DW.