Many of the evacuees have taken shelters at stadium, university, local House of Representatives, sport facility buildings, schools, mosques, according to officials.

Mount Merapi volcano spews smoke as it erupted again on Wednesday as seen from Sidorejo village in Klaten, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, November 3, 2010. [Xinhua]

A massive flow of evacuation had occurred since Wednesday, forcing authorities to provide new shelters.

At least five houses in Argo Mulyo village of Sleman regency were burned by the hot ash, several people got burn injury, rescuer said.

Press officer DR Sardjito General Hospital in Yogyakarta Susan Ananti told Xinhua that 54 death bodies have been brought to hospital, they identity could not be recognized as most of the bodies were burned.

She said that 66 others who got serious injury were being treated intensively in hospital.

Ambulances kept coming into the hospital and carrying death body and injured people to the hospital.

Mount Merapi has frequently erupted since Oct. 26. It is one of the Indonesia's most active volcanoes. Indonesia lies in a quake- prone zone called the Pacific Ring of Fire, and now has 129 active volcanoes.

The previous eruption of Mount Merapi in 2006 killed two people. A 1994 eruption claimed 60 people's lives. A major eruption in 1930 killed more than 1,000 people.