Danger zones up to a Radius of 6 Kilometres Soputan

VIVAnews – Status at Soputan South Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi increased from idle to be alert, Sunday, August 14, 2011. The community is prohibited from engaging in activities in the surrounding mountains.

"There is no activity on the Camping Ground or 4 kilometres from the Summit of Mount Soputan," said the head of the Center for Data and information of national disaster relief Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho VIVAnews.com to here on Sunday, August 14, 2011.

The community also prohibited activity within a radius of six kilometres from the Summit of Mount Soputan. "In order to avoid guguran lava dome and a cloud of hot," said he.

Earlier, the head of the Vulcanology and geological hazard mitigation, Ministry of energy and Mineral Resources, said the increase, Surono Soputan status due to two explosions today. The first explosion occurred at 07.55 am, while both at 09.27 am. "A burst of smoke around 1,200 metres from the Summit," said Surono.

With the improvement of the status of Soputan, meaning up to today there are five volcanoes which were on standby. The mountains were on standby it is Soputan, Lokon, Karangetang, mother, and Papandayan. (art)

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