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Pacific Ring of Fire: 3rd volcano erupts on Indonesian island

For the third time this year, a volcano is erupting in Indonesia.  This time it’s the Mount Lokon volcano, on the same island as two other volcanoes; Sulawesi island.

This time at least 4,600 people were forced to evacuate.  In March, Mount Karangetang erupted, then on July 3 Mount Soputan erupted.  Mount Lokon, Soputan and Karangetang are all on the Sulawesi island chain.

The last time Mount Lokon erupted was in 1991.