Reykjavik: Icelandic police declared a state of emergency late Saturday as lava spewed from a new volcanic fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth eruption to hit the area since December.
A 'volcanic eruption has started between stora Skogfell and Hagafell on the Reykjanes Peninsula,' said a statement from the Icelandic Met Office . Live video images showed glowing lava and billowing smoke.Iceland's Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management announced it had sent a helicopter to narrow down the exact location of the new fissure. The authority also said the police had declared a state of emergency due to the eruption.
Local media reported that Iceland's famed Blue Lagoon geothermal spa had been evacuated as well as Grindavik.New eraThe roughly 4,000 residents of Grindavik were only cleared to return to their homes on February 19 after having been evacuated on November 11, though only around a hundred chose to do so.On that occasion, hundreds of tremors damaged buildings and opened up huge cracks in roads.The quakes were followed by a volcanic fissure on December 18 that spared the village.
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