Iceland police restrict access to erupting volcano spewing toxic gas
View from Reykjavik towards the area where a volcano eruption was taking place on the Reykjanes peninsula, in Iceland, July 10, 2023. REUTERS/Sigurdur Davidssonthat has been spewing out "life-threatening toxic gas pollution" since it began erupting on Monday, the department of civil protection and emergency management said.
Residents of the Reykjanes peninsula, near the capital Reykjavik, have been encouraged to sleep with windows closed and to switch off ventilation, the department said in a statement on Facebook late on Monday. "The police, after counsel from scientists, have decided to restrict access to the eruption site due to enormous and life-threatening toxic gas pollution," the department said.
"For the next hours, it is highly likely that gas will build up around the eruption site due to low wind. Those who have already undertaken the hike to the eruption site, or are already there, are strongly advised to leave the area," it said. The footage of the eruption shows that the fissure has shortened a lot and that the lava flow has ceased, Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson, professor of geophysics at the University of Iceland,"It won't be big, but it can last a long time. We are not seeing a continuation of what we saw in the first hours," he said.
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