Indonesian rescuers retrieved on Sunday (May 10, 2026) the remains of two Singaporean hikers killed in a volcanic eruption in a seismic no-go zone, capping a three-day search operation, officials said.
Mount Dukono on Halmahera island erupted on Friday (May 8), sending an ash tower 10 kilometres (six miles) above its peak and killing three climbers.
Seventeen other hikers, including seven Singaporeans, had been brought down safely.
Search and rescue teams, combing the area as the volcano continued rumbling and belching ash clouds, found the remains of the two dead Singaporeans on Sunday (May 10), National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari said in a statement.
Their bodies were found not far from where the remains of an Indonesian hiker had been found a day earlier, he added.
