SAR Team Evacuates Residents Affected by the Eruption of Mount Ruang on the Tagulandang Coast
The large eruption of Mount Ruang on Wednesday night caused residents to scramble to save themselves.
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RENY SRI AYU ARMAN
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DOKUMENTASI KANTOR BASARNAS MANADO
The SAR team evacuates residents affected by the eruption of Mount Ruang at Minanga Ferry Harbor, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, Thursday (18/4/2024).
MAKASSAR, KOMPAS — The SAR team lowered rubber boats and searched the coast to evacuate residents affected by the eruption of Mount Ruang in Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi.
A major eruption on Wednesday (17/4/2024) night in Central Indonesian Time (Wita) caused residents to panic and scramble to save themselves. This was due to the volcanic material being ejected beyond the originally declared safe radius of six kilometers.
Head of the Office Operations Section Basarnas Manado Jandry S Paendong said this on Thursday (18/4/2024). Currently the SAR ship KN Bima Sena and a number of rubber boats have been deployed to comb the beach.
"During last night's eruption, many residents evacuated on their own, but they scattered without any direction. Therefore, we used a rubber boat and were accompanied by KN Bima Sena to comb the coast and pick up residents who needed to be evacuated," he said.
DOKUMENTASI BPBD SITARO
The eruption of Mount Ruang in the Siau Islands Regency Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) in North Sulawesi occurred on Tuesday (16/4/2024) evening.
Jandry stated that the safe radius was initially set at around 5-6 kilometers. However, during last night's eruption, the range of volcanic rocks that were ejected went beyond the safe radius.
Evacuation of residents was carried out from Fery Minanga Tagulandang Port to Likupang Port, Munte Village, North Minahasa. Meanwhile, evacuation of prison inmates, along with prison employees and their families, was carried out by taking them to Bitung Port. A number of Bitung residents reported that ash rain has reached Bitung.
According to Jandry, for the safety of the rescue team and the ship, they have now shifted to the Minanga Ferry Port on the north side of Tagulandang Island.
A resident of Boto Village, Tagulandang District, who was affected by the eruption, Gilbert Santoso (28), said that they are still gathering at the evacuation site up until now.
DOKUMENTASI KANTOR BASARNAS MANADO
The process of evacuating residents using the SAR KN Bima Sena ship at the Minanga Ferry Port, Sitaro Islands Regency, North Sulawesi, on Thursday (18/4/2024).
"We want to be evacuated, but we don't know where to go and who will pick us up. So for now, we are staying here. Last night during the eruption, my house was hit. The roof tiles were shattered and hit by rocks. Now the situation has eased a bit because it has rained," said Gilbert when contacted on Thursday afternoon.
Mount Ruang began erupting on Tuesday evening and its status was raised from Alert to Alert. However, the eruption on Wednesday night caused the status of this volcano to be raised again from Alert to Caution. Residents within a radius of seven kilometers were asked to leave the area.
