<p>Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island spewed grey ash up to 800 metres (2,600 feet) high early today as it continued to rumble.<br /><br />"The evacuees are placed in eight shelter points. No one has died because of the direct impact of the eruption," disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.<br /><br />"The disaster management agency has assisted them by disbursing 300 million rupiah (35,000 dollars) of emergency funds, logistics, equipment and personnel," he said.<br />The 1,580-metre Mount Lokon is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. It erupted in 1991, killing a Swiss tourist.<br /><br />The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as the "Ring of Fire" between the Pacific and Indian oceans.<br /><br />The country's most active volcano, Mount Merapi in central Java, killed more than 350 people in a series of violent eruptions last year.</p>
<p>Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island spewed grey ash up to 800 metres (2,600 feet) high early today as it continued to rumble.<br /><br />"The evacuees are placed in eight shelter points. No one has died because of the direct impact of the eruption," disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.<br /><br />"The disaster management agency has assisted them by disbursing 300 million rupiah (35,000 dollars) of emergency funds, logistics, equipment and personnel," he said.<br />The 1,580-metre Mount Lokon is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia. It erupted in 1991, killing a Swiss tourist.<br /><br />The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as the "Ring of Fire" between the Pacific and Indian oceans.<br /><br />The country's most active volcano, Mount Merapi in central Java, killed more than 350 people in a series of violent eruptions last year.</p>