Residents flee amid fear of Mount Sinabung volcano eruption – in pictures

Mount Sinabung volcano spews ash and lava near Karo, North Sumatra. Photograph: Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images

A villager carries her belongings as she leaves Payung village in Karo district. Photograph: Yt Haryono/Reuters

Indonesian soldiers help push bus that was stuck on a road covered with ash in Tiga Pancur village. Photograph: Roni Bintang/Reuters

Ash falling from the erupting volcano in Payung covers vehicles. Photograph: Binsar Bakkara/AP

A dead dog lies on a road covered in ash in Tiga Pancur village. Photograph: Yt Haryono/Reuters

Payung village is covered by ash. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Villagers panic as they look for masks in Payung village. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

A police truck helps the residents of Payung village. Photograph: Ade Sinuhaji/Barcroft Media

Villagers wait to be evacuated from Payung. Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

A flower is surrounded by ash in Sibintun village. Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

A woman shows the damage to her crop of rice which was covered by ash during harvesting. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Villagers from Payung board a truck to be evacuated to a temporary centre for displaced persons. Photograph: Ade Sinuhaji/Barcroft Media

A child climbs into the back of a truck. Photograph: Beawiharta/Reuters

Mounth Sinabung spews out volcanic material near Suka Ndebi village. Photograph: Jefri Tarigan/EPA

Refugees take shelter in a temporary evacuation centre.
Photograph: Agung Kuncahya B/Rex Features

Mount Sinabung's molten lava and ash erupt into the night sky.
Photograph: Getty Images