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Volcanic fumes kill six teens
08/07/2007 18:16 - (SA)
Jakarta - Poisonous fumes from an Indonesian volcano killed six schoolchildren who were camping on the mountain and several others were sick, said a doctor on Sunday.
The deaths happened on Saturday close to one of the two craters on Salak volcano, which lies just south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, said Jusuf Fauzan, a doctor at a hospital in the nearby town of Bogor.
He said families of the victims had refused permission for post-mortems, but the dead were believed to have been poisoned by gases from the crater. The six were found with blood and foam on their mouths and noses, he said.
Climbing volcanoes popular hobby
The victims, who were between 14 and 16, were among about 50 students spending the weekend on the mountain, media reports said. Their bodies were evacuated from the 2 180m peak on Sunday.
Indonesia has more active volcanoes than any other nation and climbing them when they are not especially active is a popular pastime.
Salak is one of the most-popular peaks in the country.
- AP
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