Authorities instructed locals and tourists not to engage in activities within a 7 km radius of the volcano on Monday, raising the comet’s alert level to the highest level of a four-tiered system.
After the explosions, visitors were forced to occupy the roofs of their homes, which were later hit by volcanic rocks.
Residents described their shock when they realized they were in the darkness of an explosion, which they claimed was first obscured by bad weather.
” I saw lights emerging and fled quickly. There were remains and rocks everywhere”, said 32-year-old hairstylist Hermanus Mite.
The catastrophe prevention firm said more than 10, 000 were affected.
Next week, the mountain experienced numerous spasms and eruptions, sending ash columns of 500 and 2, 000 meters into the sky some days in a row.
Laki-Laki, which means “man” in Indonesian, is twinned with a peaceful mountain named after the Indonesian expression for “woman”.
Indonesia, a large archipelago state, experiences frequent explosions due to its location on the Pacific” Ring of Fire”, an area of intense geological and seismic activity.