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Medan, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Thick smoke mixed with volcanic ash was seen covering Mount Sinabung in Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, on Saturday after its fourth eruption at 6.05pm on Friday.

Head of the local office of the ministry of communications and information Jhonson Tarigan when contacted by ANTARA from here on Saturday said thick smoke still kept flowing out of the volcano.

He said people in Kabanjahe could not see the mountain laying 2,640 meter above the sea level because of the smoke.

"The mountain also could not be seen from the Evacuees Control Command Center where I am now while normally it could be seen clearly from here," he said.

Tarigan said following the volcano`s first eruption the atmosphere in Kabanjahe had always been cloudy as if rain would fall.

Mount Sinabung, the highest mountain in North Sumatra around 110 kilometers west of provincial capita Medan, first erupted on August 29, 2010 after laying dormant for 400 years, making thousands of villagers living on its slopes to flee.

(H-YH/S026)

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