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JAKARTA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 75,000 people are forced to flee their homes as Mount Agung volcano in the Indonesian holiday island of Bali could erupt at any moment, a government official said Tuesday.
Mount Agung volcano in Karang Asem district has been in the highest alert level as its seismic energy is increasing and has the potential to erupt, spokesman from the national disaster management agency Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
"It is estimated that the number of displaced people will keeping rising," he told Xinhua in a text message.
The evacuees are taking shelters in more than 300 places in 9 districts and towns, said Sutopo.
