Tourists’s loopy act on Indonesia’s Mount Dukono volcano sparks fury – simply months after different foolhardy sightseers have been fortunate to flee with their lives

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A tourist has faced intense backlash for climbing to the rim of an active volcano in Indonesia as plumes of smoke burst from its crater. 

The video surfaced on social media over the weekend and comes just four months after another group of sightseers barely escaped with their lives when the same volcano erupted right infront of them.

Drone footage showed them scrambling down the side of the volcano as huge clouds of poisonous gas and ash dwarfed them, and giant flying rocks of molten rock and ash landed just a few metres from them. 

The latest video shared to social media showed the female hiker scale the rim of Mount Dukono, located on the northern part of Halmahera Island, Indonesia.

The woman climbed to the rim and posed for the camera as she watched a huge ash cloud burst from the crater, with plumes of smoke billowing into the air. 

The woman is seen giving a thumbs up to the person filming before she is startled by a massive explosion at the base of the crater. 

The video was shared to platform X, with the caption ‘Remember the video that I posted back in August? Seems people don’t learn’. 

Social media users slammed the foolhardy hiker, claiming she put herself and her health in danger. 

Video footage showed a female hiker climbing to the rim to watch a huge cash cloud burst from the crater of Mount Dukono (pictured) 

It comes just months after dozens of hikers scrambled down the side of the mountain to escape the volcano’s dangerous eruption material (pictured)

‘What?! That’s wild! I’m an adrenaline fuelled person, and I would not do this. I prefer breathing,’ one person wrote.

‘If the wind had shifted even slightly, the direction of the pyroclastic flow would have killed her almost instantly,’ a second person said. 

Another added: ‘They actually think they’re impressing people by filming themselves engaging in profoundly dangerous and stupid activities’. 

A fourth posted: ‘Sure, let’s climb to a smoking caldera full of toxic gasses, what could possibly go wrong?’. 

It comes just months after dozens of climbers fled down the side of the volcano to escape a dangerous eruption. 

The group of climbers clambered to safety after they were almost hit by a piece of volcanic rock and a dangerous cloud of smoke stretching more than 600 metres into the air. 

Anak Esa recorded the jaw-dropping drone footage on August 17, which showed the climbers fleeing for their lives.

‘To my horror, Dukono’s activity was so high that the volcano material was thrown out of the crater,’ Esa said.  

‘Before climbing the summit, observe first the wind direction, how strong the eruption is, and other considerations. Don’t force yourself to summit when the situation doesn’t allow it. 

‘Don’t forget, the top is a bonus. Getting home safely is the real goal of climbing.’

Mount Dukono (pictured) is an active volcano which has been erupting continuously since 1933

Dukono Volcano Observation Post Officer Bambang Sugiono explained the hikers trespassed and breached the volcano’s perimeter to capture the eruption. 

‘Our appeal from PVMBG (Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi – English: Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center) is to always be alert,’ he said. 

‘Follow the warnings from PVMBG, where you should not approach the crater of Mount Dukono within an approximately three kilometres radius.’ 

Mount Dukono is an active volcano which has been erupting continuously since 1933.