Volcanic ash spews from Mount Marapi during an eruption as seen from Batu Palano village in Agam on December 4.//AFP
Padang, Indonesia – Eleven hikers were found dead Monday and another 12 were missing after a volcano erupted in Indonesia, with rescuers racing to carry injured and burned survivors down the mountain on foot.
Rescuers worked through the night to find dozens of hikers stranded on Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra after it spewed an ash tower 3,000 metres (9,340 feet) — taller than the volcano itself — into the sky on Sunday.
The dead hikers were found near Marapi’s crater after the 2,891-metre volcano rained ash on nearby villages, according to a local rescue official.
Twelve were missing, three more were found alive and 49 had safely descended from the crater, some with burns and fractures, the official said.
“They are being carried down manually,…
