Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung spews ash 5,000 metres high into sky

Indonesia's rumbling Mount Sinabung erupted Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials as high as 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky and depositing ash on villages. (AP)

A car drives on a road covered with volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Sinabung, in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. (AP)

Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin. (AP)

Farther afield in Berastagi, a tourist destination city in North Sumatra province, about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) from the crater, motorists switched on headlights in daylight to see through the ash. (Reuters)

There were no fatalities or injuries from the eruption, Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center said. (Reuters)

Some 30,000 people have been forced to leave homes around Sinabung in the past few years. (Reuters)

This isnt the first time an eruption from the Sinabung has taken place. This photo shows Ash from Mount Sinabung volcano rises during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, back in February 2018. (Antara Foto/Maz Yons/ via REUTERS)

Students clean their school yard from ash after Mount Sinabung volcano erupted on Monday at Payung village in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia February 20, 2018. Antara Foto/Ahmad Putra/ via REUTERS