Mount Sinabung on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has erupted again, sending a gigantic column of ash around 5,000metres into the sky.

Filmer Surya Jadi Sembiring, a resident living in Karo district near the volcano, said the eruption covered the mountainside in ash.

He described the sound of the eruption as thunderous.

The video was filmed today at 9am (February 19).

Emergency officials said that no one has been injured so far.

Mount Sinabung in Karo district, North Sumatera province, Indonesia, erupted at around 9:00 AM, Monday, February 19, 2018.

The eruption height reaches approximately 5,000 meters from the crater at the top of the mountain. From a distance the ash eruption looks horrible.

Surya Jadi Sembiring, a resident living in front of Samura Kabanjahe Stadium, Karo district, while recording the occurrence of the eruption mentioned, the magnitude of the eruption made the mountain covered with ash. When the eruption sounded thunderous.

While Head of Public Relation Agency of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, released, the eruption of the mountain is also accompanied by hot clouds with a range to the northeast as far as 3.5 to 4.9 km and to the south as far as 4.9 km. There were no casualties in this incident.