Indonesia’s Mount Ibu has erupted at least 1,000 times in January alone - In its most recent eruption on Sunday, the volcano sent a 1.5km-high column of ash into the sky

Mount Ibu, one of the country’s most active volcanoes, sent ash plumes 4km into the sky, forcing authorities to raise the alert level and urge residents to seek shelter.

Indonesian officials raised its alert status to the highest level and called for the evacuation of 3,000 people living in six villages nearby Mount Ibu.

A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted at least a thousand times this month, according to an official report on Sunday, as efforts are under way to evacuate thousands of villagers. Mount Ibu, on the remote island of Halmahera, sent a column of smoke up to 4 km into the sky in an eruption on January 15.

Authorities call for evacuation of 3,000 people living near Mount Ibu, on remote Halmahera island in North Maluku province

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Saturday, spewing hot lava and releasing a column of smoke and ash four kilometres (3.1 miles) into the air, an official said.Images from the volcano monitoring post showed a bright red column of flame and thick,

Residents who chose to stay argued they were used to Mount Ibu's eruptions as officials raise the alert to max

Mount Semeru in East Java, Indonesia, erupted again on Wednesday, sending ash into the skies over Lumajang Regency, local authorities reported. A column of volcanic ash was thrown approximately 1 km (0.62 miles) high, according to the Geological Agency of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.

Authorities have begun evacuating 3,000 residents near the Mount Ibu volcano on Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera, the disaster agency said on Thursday, after an eruption this week sent a cloud of thick grey ash as high as four-km (2.

An eruption at a 1,300-metre-high Indonesian volcano has trigged the highest alert level, according to the national Geological Agency on Friday. The ash column from Mount Ibu on the island of Halmahera reached a height of 4 kilometres in recent days.