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Astudestra AjengrastriBBC News Indonesia<\/p>\n
Positions of two victims identified – local rescuerpublished at 07:56 BST<\/p>\n
07:56 BST<\/p>\n
Astudestra Ajengrastri
BBC News Indonesia<\/p>\n
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Image source, Aldy<\/p>\n
I managed to speak to Aldy, a local resident who has joined the rescue team.<\/p>\n
He and his team is currently at a shelter about 2km (1.3mi) from the summit.<\/p>\n
“The conditions at the last shelter are safe; we are currently holding discussions for the rescue operation,” he said over a phone call that was repeatedly interrupted due to a poor signal.<\/p>\n
As we reported earlier, a local official has confirmed the deaths of three hikers – two foreigners and one local resident.<\/p>\n
According to Aldy, the team has identified the positions of two victims near the summit, but has not been able to reach their bodies.<\/p>\n
The exact location of the third victim, he added, has not yet been determined. <\/p>\n
Mount Dukono has continued to emit volcanic ash and rocks from its crater. Aldy said these conditions make the summit area extremely dangerous for climbers.<\/p>\n
“From the shelter, we can see ash and rock material continuously being ejected,” he said.<\/p>\n
Authorities had imposed a climbing ban for approximately the past two weeks, Aldy noted. The restriction was communicated through media reports and posters along the access routes.<\/p>\n
However, the hikers are suspected to have freely entered the climbing trail, Aldy said, as Mount Dukono does not have an official registration post.<\/p>\n
Aldy believes the hikers intended to get a closer look at the crater.<\/p>\n
Despite the increased volcanic activity, residents in nearby villages are reported to be safe, as the settlements are located relatively far from the crater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Positions of two victims identified – local rescuerpublished at 07:56 BST 07:56 BST Astudestra AjengrastriBBC News Indonesia Image…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-572676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}