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Singapore's Mt. Agung travel advisory `excessive': BNPB
Indonesia said Singapore’s travel advisory to avoid parts of the vacation island of Bali following a minor eruption at Mount Agung volcano was "excessive."
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The view of Mount Agung volcano from the Kubu sub-district in Karangasem Regency on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Nov. 22, 2017. The rumbling volcano on Indonesia's holiday island of Bali spewed ash and towering clouds of smoke, heightening fears it may erupt for the first time in more than 50 years (Antara/Nyoman Budhiana)
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ndonesia said Singapore’s travel advisory to avoid parts of Bali following a minor eruption at Mt. Agung volcano was "excessive."
The eruption spouted ash clouds reaching up to 700 meters above Mt. Agung’s crater, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s volcanology agency said on its website. Neighboring Singapore said its citizens should refrain from non-essential travel to affected areas of the island.
“It’s excessive for Singapore to issue an advisory on Bali as only a radius of 6 to 7.5 kilometers around the crater of Mount Agung is considered dangerous,” Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), said in a text message. “So the condition is safe. Flights are also safe.”
More than 100,000 people have been cleared out from around the volcano as the government mandated an evacuation and advised against any activity within a 6-kilometer radius of the crater and up to 7.5 kilometers northeast and southeast of the crater, the agency said.
Indonesia is keeping the alert level at III, the second highest, after lowering it on Oct. 29.
Read also: Several villages hit by volcanic ash after Mt. Agung erupts in Bali
