<p>An eruption at Mount Agung in Bali shut down three airports and caused hundreds of residents to evacuate on Friday, June 29.</p><p>Volcanic ash forced Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in to close until 7pm local time on June 29</a>. Meanwhile in East Java, Banyuwangi Airport (formerly known as Blimbing Sari Airport) in Banyuwangi and Noto Hadinegoro Airport in Jember were reportedly closed until 5pm local time, according to</a> Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency.</p><p>The closure of Ngurah Rai Airport, a major tourist hub, affected nearly 75,000 passengers and cancelled up to 450 flights, Sutopo said</a>.</p><p>More than 300 residents living on the slope of the volcano voluntarily evacuated</a>.</p><p>The volcano’s eruption this week, which began</a> on Wednesday, June 27, emitted plumes of volcanic ash reaching as high as 2,000 metres above the crater.</p><p>This video, a timelapse of the eruption, was shared online on June 28.</p><p>The volcano previously erupted</a> about two weeks ago, on June 13. Mount Agung erupted</a> five times in late November 2017, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and disrupting air travel. Credit: Ayu Rosiani Ni Luh Putu via Storyful</p><br />
