{"id":331469,"date":"2026-05-08T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=331469"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:50:13","slug":"3-hikers-dead-after-volcano-eruption-in-indonesia-at-mount-dukono-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/3-hikers-dead-after-volcano-eruption-in-indonesia-at-mount-dukono-national\/","title":{"rendered":"3 hikers dead after volcano eruption in Indonesia at Mount Dukono – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three hikers have died following an explosive eruption of Indonesia\u2019s Mount Dukono volcano on a distant island, authorities said Friday.<\/p>\n

About 20 climbers set out Thursday to ascend the nearly 1,355-metre (4,445-foot) volcano on the island of Halmahera, in defiance of safety restrictions, North Halmahera police Chief Erlichson Pasaribu told reporters on the volcano monitoring station in Mamuya village, The Associated Press reports.<\/p>\n

Rescue teams were deployed after receiving an emergency signal from the mountain area, The Associated Press reports. Three men \u2014 two Singaporean and one Indonesian national \u2014 died on the scene, Pasaribu said.<\/p>\n

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Their bodies haven’t yet been recovered because of continued eruptions and dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUp to now, 15 climbers have safely descended,\u201d Pasaribu said several hours after the eruption. Five of those evacuated were reported injured.<\/p>\n

Pasaribu added that seven of the hikers who climbed down were Singaporean and the opposite eight were Indonesian.<\/p>\n

The hikers became stranded when Mount Dukono erupted at 7:41 a.m. local time on Friday, causing a big booming sound and sending a thick ash column that rose 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) above the summit, in keeping with the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe search has been temporarily closed today and can resume tomorrow, not because we don\u2019t want to go looking at night, but because Mount Dukono will proceed to erupt,\u201d Iwan Ramdani, the top of the local rescue agency, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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Mount Dukono saw a decrease in activity in August 2025 but has since recorded 199 eruptions since late March, averaging about 95 eruptions a day, in keeping with the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hikers have been banned from climbing the volcano since April 17 after authorities sent out an alert because of the lively volcano, Pasaribu said. He added that he can be questioning the hikers\u2019 tour guides about how the trek still went ahead despite restrictions from authorities.<\/p>\n

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Officials imagine the hikers were inside a restricted zone on the time of the eruption.<\/p>\n

Despite warnings on signs at the positioning, \u201cmany individuals remain determined to climb, driven by the need to create online content,\u201d Pasaribu said.<\/p>\n

Authorities suggest \u201cpossible negligence by tourism operators or individuals,\u201d Barsanas, Indonesia\u2019s National Search and Rescue Agency, told the BBC in an announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe federal government is continuous to collect information to ascertain a whole account of the incident,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

Global News has reached out to Barsanas for further comment, but has not received a response.<\/p>\n

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