Rumbling Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra shot billowing columns of ash more than 16,400ft (5,000m) into the atmosphere and sent hot clouds down its slopes on Monday.

There were no fatalities or injuries from the morning eruption, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.

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Children walk to school as Mount Sinabung erupts (Sarianto/AP)

The volcano, one of three currently erupting in Indonesia, was dormant for four centuries before exploding in 2010, killing two people. Another eruption in 2014 killed 16 people, while seven died in a 2016 eruption.

Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said hot ash clouds travelled as far as three miles (4.km) south.

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Motorcyclists ride on a road covered in volcanic ash (Endro Rusharyanto/AP)

The regional volcanic ash advisory centre in Darwin, Australia, issued a “red notice” to airlines.

Some 30,000 people have been forced to leave homes around the mountain in the past few years.

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Mount Sinabung spews volcanic ash (Endro Rusharyanto/AP)

Mount Sinabung is among more than 120 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.