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Volcanic fumes kill six indonesian teenagers

10 juillet 2007, 00:00

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Poisonous sulphur fumes from an Indonesian volcano just outside the capital killed six school children on a camping trip on the mountain, police said yesterday. Indonesia has the world?s highest number of active volcanoes, and hiking and camping on volcanoes are popular pastimes. The forested Salak mountain one hour south of the capital is a favourite of young Jakartans. The six teenagers were part a group of high school students from Jakarta on a camping trip who climbed to the rim of the crater.

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