As many as 1,306 people are taking refuge due to the eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, detikcom online news quoted a regent as saying on Tuesday.

Merapi volcano spews smoke, taken from Umbul Harjo village in Sleman, Yogyakarta on early October 26, 2010. Indonesia ordered thousands of people to evacuate from around Mount Merapi on October 25 as it raised the alert for its most active volcano to red, warning of a possible imminent eruption. (Xinhua/AFP)
"As last night, there were 1,306 people taking refuge in emergency shelters," said the province's Sleman Regent Sri Purnomo in his report to Vice President Boediono.

According to Purnomo, there are three sub districts locating in Merapi slope where its people must be evacuated.

"If all people (in the sub districts) are evacuated, then there will be 13,581 refugees while our emergency barracks could accommodate 13,800 people," he said.

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