More than 11,000 evacuated in northern Indonesia as volcano erupts

Exclusion zone extended, flights disrupted as Ruang sends ash and smoke more than two kilometres into the sky.

Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke into the air [Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation via AFP]

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More than 11,000 people have been told to evacuate and air travel in region has been disrupted after a volcano in northern Indonesia erupted multiple times.

Mount Ruang, located in in North Sulawesi Province, first erupted at 9:45pm (13:45 GMT) on Tuesday sending billowing clouds of smoke and ash high into the sky.