On April 21, local time, Indonesian police officials informed the media about the situation of Chinese tourists falling off a cliff at Yizhen Volcano. Police said the 31-year-old Chinese tourist died after falling into a canyon tens of meters deep while taking pictures on the edge of the Izhen crater.
Officials from Indonesia's Natural Resources Conservation Agency in East Java said the tourist had fallen into a canyon about 75 meters deep, and it took rescuers two hours to remove the body. The official said the incident was an accident and reminded all tourists to be safe when climbing Mount Ijin.
The police also said that the hospital and police had difficulty communicating with the families of the tourists killed due to language problems, and that the tentative plan was to transport the body to Bali and then fly it back to China.
△ Izhen Volcano (data map)
According to Indonesian media reports, the 31-year-old female tourist named "HL" came to Indonesia with her husband for tourism. At 2:10 a.m. that day, they were guided to the Ijin Crater to watch the sunrise and watch the famous "Blue Flame".
According to the report, the female tourist was taking photos near an internet celebrity tree, and during the photo, she tripped over the long skirt she was wearing while retreating, and fell from a 75-meter-high canyon. It is reported that the tour guide once reminded this Internet celebrity check-in point that it is very dangerous.
It was around 6 a.m. and in the middle of nowhere, it took rescuers two hours to find the tourist, who was dead when he found him. At 11 o'clock that day, her body was carried down the mountain.
Local police said the incident was an accident. The tourist had multiple injuries and a fractured left leg.
According to the report, there have been foreign tourists who tried to check in and take pictures in similar places before and almost fell from a height.
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In 2023, with the release of the documentary "Volcano Love", the Izhen Volcanic Sulfuric Acid Lake in the film has become a check-in place for many travel enthusiasts.
It is understood that Ijin Volcano was once the largest sulfur producer in Indonesia, and in the past, a large number of miners gathered near the Ijin crater, used hoes to collect sulfur rocks, and then carried the baskets full of sulfur down the mountain by hand.
Mount Ijin has been selling itself as "the only place in the world where you can see blue flames" and attracts tourists from all over the world. Visitors are required to wear a protective mask to filter ash and sulphurous vapour, as well as a headlamp to illuminate the path underfoot.
And a nearby tree has also become an Internet celebrity check-in point for Yizhen Volcano. The reporter noticed that on social platforms, there are many people who will take pictures with their backs to the tree.
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Source/CCTV News China News Network
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