The number of fatalities caused by volcano eruption of Mount Merapi in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province has climbed to 32, detikcom online news reported on Thursday.

Villagers rest in a temporary shelter about 7 kilometers away from the Mount Merapi in Central Java of Indonesia, Oct. 27, 2010. Volcano eruption in Central Java of Indonesia on Tuesday has killed 32 people and forced 40,475 others flee homes, officials said on Wednesday. [Zhao Jinchuan/Xinhua]

According to the Head of Health Documentation Division of Yogyakarta Police Adj. Comm. Agustinus, out of 32 lives, 25 of them were killed on scene while others were dead in a hospital due to their severe injury.

"We could only make a secondary identification by examining their bodies. Primary identification by examining finger print could not be done while dental record examination could not be done either as they did not have a habit to go to dentist," said Agustinus in a press conference in Sardjito Hospital.

He said that such secondary identification takes time.