Jakarta, May 2 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is targeting all victims affected by the Mount Ruang eruption to be evacuated to a safe place within the next three days.

"The evacuation process will be carried out in the next three days by utilizing all existing sea crossing ship defense equipment since it is the only way out that can be pushed," Head of BNPB, Suharyanto, remarked in a joint meeting with the North Sulawesi provincial government on Thursday.

He noted that a total of 12 thousand residents affected by the Mount Ruang eruption would be evacuated to safer places outside the island. The residents are from Tagulandang Island, Sitaro Islands District, which is less than 10 kilometers from the top of the volcano...