According to the Indonesian news website Liputan6, a Chinese tourist fell to his death in the early hours of April 20 while taking pictures at Mount Ijin.
According to the report, the 31-year-old female tourist, named "HL", came to Indonesia with her husband. At 2:10 a.m., they were guided to the Ijin Crater to watch the sunrise and watch the famous "Blue Flames".
The female tourist wanted to take a sunrise photo near an internet celebrity tree. It is reported that the tour guide once reminded her that this Internet celebrity check-in point is very dangerous.
On that day, she was wearing a long dress. Indonesian media reported that during the photoshoot, the female tourist tripped over her long skirt as she stepped back and fell from a 75-meter-high gorge.
Rescue footage posted on the Internet.
Due to the fact that it was around 6 a.m. and in a remote location, it took rescuers two hours to find the female tourist. And when found, the female tourist was dead. Her body was brought down the mountain at 11 a.m. that day.
Local police said the incident was an accident. The female tourist had multiple injuries on her body and a fractured left leg.
Indonesian media reported that there had been previous attempts by foreign tourists to check in and take photos in similar places and almost fell from a height.
A photo post of an Indonesian crater on social media.
As a result of a documentary film, Mount Ijin was once the largest source of sulphur in Indonesia
In 2023, there was a sudden volcanic boom. The release of the documentary "Volcano Love" has led more tourists to another romantic secret in Indonesia - volcanoes. The film tells the story of an adventurous French couple who chase various volcanoes, and tourists flock to them.
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, using hoes to collect sulfur rocks, and then carrying 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 to the volcano need to wear a protective mask to filter out ash and sulfur vapors, and wear a headlamp to illuminate the path below.
This tree has also become a new angle for Internet celebrities to take photos of Yizhen Volcano, and many people on social platforms have posted pictures and taken pictures with their backs to this tree.
(Source: Comprehensive City Express, Xiaohongshu)