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Twenty hikers require rescue after a volcano erupted, leaving them stranded on Halmahera island. Indonesian authorities launched an urgent mission on Friday morning to find the group, deploying dozens of personnel. Mount Dukono spewed volcanic ash 10km above its crater, with at least nine of the trapped hikers being Singaporean.
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