An eruption at Mount Agung in Bali shut down three airports and caused hundreds of residents to evacuate on Friday, June 29.

Volcanic ash forced Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport in to close until 7pm local time on June 29. 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 Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Management Agency.

The closure of Ngurah Rai Airport, a major tourist hub, affected nearly 75,000 passengers and cancelled up to 450 flights, Sutopo said.

More than 300 residents living on the slope of the volcano voluntarily evacuated.

The volcano’s eruption this week, which began on Wednesday, June 27, emitted plumes of volcanic ash reaching as high as 2,000 metres above the crater.

This video, a timelapse of the eruption, was shared online on June 28.

The volcano previously erupted about two weeks ago, on June 13. Mount Agung erupted 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