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The Mount Sinabung eruptions have been spitting clouds of gas and lava as high as 13,000 feet.
Nearly 27,000 people have fled their homes, following a series of eruptions from Mount Sinabung, a volcano in Indonesia's north Sumatra province.
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Dramatic photos of volcanic eruptions at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
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The volcano sent hot rock and ash up to 5,000 metres in the air several times, concerned agencies have said.
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Dramatic photos of volcanic eruptions at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
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The high column of ash damaged property and crops, and poised animals over a large radius, agencies said.
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Dramatic photos of volcanic eruptions at Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
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The volcano lay dormant over 400 years, with the most recent eruption occurring in 1600, but became active again in August 2010.
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Since September last year, it has been occasionally spewing massive clouds of gas and ash high into the atmosphere.
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More than 3,700 people were evacuated from areas within a three-kilometre radius of the volcano, and five halls normally used for traditional cultural ceremonies were converted into shelters with at least 1,500 being temporarily housed.
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About 14,000 people were forced to evacuate when the volcano showed signs of activity in September.
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In November last year, it erupted again, forcing hundreds of villagers to evacuate. The volcano spewed a 7 kilometre column of ash into the air, which prompted the authorities to impose a 3-kilometre radius evacuation.
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Sinabung is one of nearly 130 active volcanoes in the world's fourth-most populated country, which straddles the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’.
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By December 28, 2013, a lava dome formed on the summit. A lava dome is a roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.
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The volcano erupted again on January 4this year. Debris from the 2,460 metre-high volcano travelled several kilometres from its crater.
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Thousands of hectares of farming land have been affected by the eruptions and more than 25,000 people have fled their homes and are being housed in temporary shelters, the National Disaster Management Agency said.
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