Residents React to Mount Agung Eruption in Bali
  • 6 years ago
The explosive eruption of Mount Agung in Bali on Monday night, July 2, at 9 pm local time startled villagers who lived nearby the volcano.In the footage, shared by Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB Indonesia), to journalists via WhatsApp, residents of Karangasem district could be heard shouting, “The mountain erupted!”The video also shows the burning forest fire at the mountain top, caused by the lava ejected by Mount Agung.A 49-year-old woman who lived in Karangasem district died after she was shocked by the loud explosion of the volcanic eruption, Berita Bali.com reported. Credit: Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB Indonesia) via Storyful