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Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted overnight, sending hot lava and ash down its slopes and prompting over 250 residents in the surrounding area to evacuate, the country's disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) said on Thursday.

253 residents around the volcano in the Yogyakarta province of Indonesia were evacuated

Hundreds of acres of land were charred by the Laguna Beach Fire that prompted evacuations in the area.