Iceland volcano: Enormous lava flow engulfs road after another eruption – as work crew wait until last minute to leave

The spread of the hot smoking flow was captured in extraordinary live footage from the scene.

An enormous fiery flow of lava is engulfing a road in Iceland, after the third volcanic eruption in the same area in recent months.

Iceland’s Meteorological Office has said the Sylingarfell volcano, near Grindavik, is erupting again.

The spread of the hot smoking flow was captured in extraordinary live footage from the scene.

At one point on Thursday morning, a work crew – in what appeared to be a digger – moved along a road towards the mass of lava as it edged towards them.

Footage also showed a car on the road in the path of the lava.

Both vehicles eventually turned and moved away, leaving it almost until the last minute to leave as thick black smoke rose above the flow.

The Blue Lagoon spa, one of the island nation’s biggest tourist attractions, has once again been evacuated because of the volcanic danger.

The latest eruption began at about 6am UK time along a nearly two-mile fissure northeast of Mount Sundhnukur, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office.

Iceland’s Civil Protection Agency raised its alert level to emergency status after the outbreak disrupted the supply of hot water in a region just south of the capital, Reykjavik.

Grindavik, a coastal town of 3,800 people, was evacuated before a previous eruption on 18 December last year. The town is only a couple of miles away from the new eruption.

Source: https://news.sky.com/story/iceland-volcano-enormous-lava-flow-engulfs-road-after-another-eruption-as-work-crew-wait-until-last-minute-to-leave-13066516

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