Mount Sinabung Last Eruption: New Photos Show Ash Plume in Sky, Evacuations (+Video)

Villagers watching cold lava flow from mount Sinabung in Gamber village on November 15, 2013 in Karo district, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Up to 4,300 residents have been evacuated from five villages in North Sumatra due to the volcanic eruptions of Mount Sinabung. The volcano has been erupting for several days, spewinging ash and lava 2.5 miles into the sky. Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Mt.  Sinabung has again erupted in Indonesia, forcing thousands of local people to evacuate in North Sumatra. Sinabung has been spewing ash and lava into the sky for several weeks now.

The first eruption took place on Thursday morning and another took place later at around midday.

A Getty Images photographer took photos on Friday of people who were still in shelters after they were forced to evacuate.

As many as 4,300 residents were forced to evacuate from five villages in North Sumatra.

Over the past few weeks, the volcano has been erupting and sending ash into the sky. Lava flows were also reported.

The Jakarta Post reported that the initial blast on Thursday sent ash more than 20,000 feet into the air.

“That makes the second eruption of Mount Sinabung for today,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told the paper.

“The volcanic activity remains high, so there is still potential for further eruption. There have been no fatalities,” he continued.

Local cabbage farmers are said to have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in produce.