India, May 10 -- Rescuers on Saturday recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono on Indonesia's remote island of Halmahera a day earlier, as search operations continued to find the bodies of two Singaporeans, officials said.

The slain hikers were among 20 who set out to ascend the 1,355-metre (4,445-feet) volcano in defiance of safety restrictions and became stranded when Dukono erupted early Friday, spewing a thick ash column that rose about 10 kilometres (6 miles) into the air.

The woman, identified by authorities only as Enjel and known as a local hiker, was located on Saturday afternoon, about 50 metres (165 feet) from the rim of the main crater, said Iwan Ramdani, who heads the l...