6 killed by Indonesia volcano Mount Rokatenda

6 killed by Indonesia volcano Mount Rokatenda

Indications has come out from local news, saying the 6 killed had refused to leave the area during warning signs from the rumbling of the Volcano.  Where over 3000 people have left their homes before the eruption. Recovery team are still searching for the bodies of 2 children.

Tini Thadeus, head of the local disaster agency, said the six victims, who died while sleeping in a beachside village, were among those who had refused to leave last year when evacuations were carried out to establish a safety zone around the volcano.

“On their belief, if all the old villagers abandoned the red (danger) zone, then lava will destroy the residential area,” Thadeus said from Kupang, the provincial capital. Among the dead was a 58-year-old woman, the grandmother of the two children who also died.

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