Volcano near Iceland’s Grindavik erupts for sixth time since December
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Met office reports eruption does not ‘present a threat to life’, and Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport says flights unaffected.
A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the sixth time since December, according to the country’s meteorological office.
The eruption started at 9:26pm (21:26 GMT) on Thursday, with live video images showing red lava spewing out of a new fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.
The total length of the fissure was about 3.9km (2.4 miles) and had extended by 1.5km (0.93 miles) in about 40 minutes, said the met office in a statement.
Iceland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs said the eruption did not “present a threat to life” and that the nearby area had been evacuated. “The impact is limited to a localized area near the eruption site,” it posted on social media platform X.
Regional police chief Ulfar Ludviksson told Icelandic media that the evacuation of the nearby fishing village of Grindavik was going well, adding that 22 or 23 houses were currently occupied.
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