Mount Sinabung fills the sky over Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, with smoke and ash as it erupts on Saturday, February 1. The volcano has been erupting since September. 
Villagers flee as Mount Sinabung erupts on Saturday, February 1, in North Sumatra, Indonesia. 
Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials on February 1. 
A villager looks for belongings among debris at a house damaged by ash and mud from eruptions of Mount Sinabung on January 12. 
Women evacuate with their children to a temporary evacuation center on January 8 after their village is hit by ash. 
People watch as Mount Sinabung smokes. 
Hot lava runs down Mount Sinabung, one of Indonesia's highest mountains, from a lava dome on January 5. 
Mount Sinabung spews ash and lava during an eruption. 
Crops were damaged and covered in ash. 
Mount Sinabung spews ash into the air on January 7. 
A village is covered in ash. 
Villagers harvest tomatoes from fields covered in ash. 
A man helps children onto a truck as residents are evacuated. 
A man holds his son at a temporary evacuation center.
- The incident occurred in North Sumatra
- The victims were hit by hot ash clouds
- A recovery operation was set for Sunday
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Plumes of ash spewed more than a mile into the sky and descended in superheated clouds impossible for those too close to the volcano to escape. By the time the latest eruption ended at Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, at least 14 people had been killed, a government official told CNN.
The victims, and at least three other injured people, were all found in Sukameriah, a village close to the volcano's crater, disaster mitigation agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told CNN.
Indonesia volcano erupts 
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Eruptions at Mount Sinabung are becoming common. After about 400 years of minimal volcanic activity there, Sinabung erupted in 2010. It has been spewing gas since September.
The English-language Jakarta Post said while 31 people previously had died from eruption-related illnesses such as depression, asthma and hypertension, Saturday's deaths were the first ones directly attributed to volcanic output.
Last month, intensifying volcanic activity displaced 22,000 people who live nearby.
The evacuees had been moved to temporary camps, and more than half were allowed to return home on Friday.
Saturday's victims lived within a 3-kilometer radius of the volcano. Some were there checking on their homes or were there just to watch the eruptions, Nugroho said.
The government issued the highest level of alert for the latest eruptions.
The newest volcanic activity has forced people to evacuate 16 villages, the Jakarta Post reported.
Live video of the volcano
Kathy Quiano wrote and reported on this story from Indonesia, and Mark Morgenstein wrote in Atlanta.
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