Following the eruption of Mount Semeru, one of Indonesia’s tallest peaks, authorities have evacuated more than 900 residents so far. Further, the 170 climbers who were stuck in the area after the volcano erupted were guided back to safety on Thursday.

Meanwhile, officials kept the alert at its maximum level after the volcano on Java island burst to life on Wednesday, sending towering ash columns into the sky and pushing lava and rocks up to 13 km (8.08 miles) down its slopes.

The stranded climbers had spent the night at a lakeside campsite roughly 6.4 km from the crater but were now being escorted out, said Septi Wardhani of the Semeru national park.

BREAKING: Semeru in Indonesia has erupted. Large pyroclastic flow 👀📹 Netijen via Wa pic.twitter.com/6fgyztk3zT

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