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Ash fall from the erupting Mt Bagana in central Bougainville has collapsed a number of traditional houses.
A cabinet minister in the government of the autonomous Papua New Guinea region, Theonila Roka Matbob, said there is in excess of 7,000 people needing temporary accommodation as a result of the eruption.
Mt Bagana, erupted for the first time in 11 years more than two weeks ago, depositing ash over a broad area, with lava flowing into the rivers surrounding the mountain.
Matbob said thick layers of ash have collapsed some sago leaf-roofed houses in rural areas.
“Where people still living the most harmonious, traditional kind of life, she said.
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