The local government set up evacuation centres and emergency posts in several spots in the two disaster-hit districts of Agam and Tanah Datar in West Sumatra province.
Cold lava, also known as lahar, is volcanic material like ash, sand and pebbles carried down a volcano's slopes by rain. / Photo: AFP
"Twelve people died and they had been taken to the hospital and four other people are still being searched in Agam district," the head of the local rescue agency Abdul Malik said in a statement on Sunday. Authorities dispatched a team of rescuers and rubber boats to look for the missing victims and to transport people to shelters.
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