Volcano erupts in Iceland, posing risk to fishing town
Sunday, 14 January 2024 A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland on Sunday reaching the fishing town of Grindavik where two houses caught fire, as per the surveillance footage broadcast by public television. The fishing town had been evacuated overnight on Saturday and no people were in danger, according to the authorities. Live footage showed fountains of molten rock and smoke oozing from fissures in the ground across a large region near the town of Grindavik. It was the second volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes peninsula in southwest Iceland in less than a month, and the sixth since 2021.
UGC images from @bsteinbekk show lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland spilling into neighbourhoods from the fishing town of Grindavik, completely engulfing several homes. The eruption began early..
This video was recently captured from the skies over Iceland, where a volcano has just erupted near a residential area. This is the town of Grindavik and this is the second time this very volcano has..
Sunday, 14 January 2024
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![Volcanic Eruption Continues and Has Now Consumed Homes in Iceland [Video]](https://video.newsserve.net/300/v/20240115/1363702941-Volcanic-Eruption-Continues-and-Has-Now-Consumed-Homes.jpg)
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