JAKARTA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed after Mount Dukono erupted in Indonesia's North Maluku province, local police said on Friday.
Search and rescue authorities earlier said that rescuers were working to evacuate about 20 hikers trapped by the eruption.
Mount Dukono erupted at around 7:40 a.m. local time on Friday, sending a column of volcanic ash up to about 10 km into the sky.
Local rescue authorities warned residents not to carry out activities within a 4-km radius of the crater and cautioned that volcanic mudflows could occur during rainfall.
