More than 2,100 people evacuated as Indonesian volcano spews clouds of ash

An eruption of Mount Ruang in the Sulawesi island, Indonesia, on Friday (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

Gracey Wakary and Edna Tarigan

More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island have been evacuated because of the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibility of a tsunami.

Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation recorded at least three eruptions since Friday afternoon, with the maximum height of the eruption column reaching 1,200 metres.