Dozens injured as residents flee huge ash cloud from Mt Semeru, Indonesia

One person has died and dozens are injured after a volcano erupted on Indonesia's Java island.

Residents were filmed fleeing a giant ash cloud from Mt Semeru.

Witnesses described nearby villages covered in debris, and thick smoke blotting out the Sun, leaving them in pitch darkness.

41 people had suffered burns.

Helicopters were called to help rescue at least 10 people trapped in buildings.

Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency later said it knew of 35 people being treated at local medical facilities.

Evacuation efforts have been hampered by choking smoke, a power blackout, and rainstorms during the eruption which turned the debris into mud.

[Source: BBC]