COPENHAGEN, 19th March, 2024 (WAM) -- A volcano in Iceland that erupted on Saturday for the fourth time since December was still spewing smoke and bright orange lava into the air on Monday, although infrastructure and a nearby fishing town were safe for now, Reuters reported.
Magma had been accumulating underground on the Reykjanes peninsula near Iceland's capital Reykjavik since the last eruption in February, prompting authorities to warn of an imminent eruption.
The warning time late on Saturday was only 15 minutes before fountains of molten rock began soaring from a 3 km-long (1.9 mile) fissure, roughly the same size and at the same place as the previous eruption.
Around 1700 GMT, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said volcanic eruption activity had been relatively stable since late Sunday. It was now focused at two locations along the eruptive fissure, the office said in an update on the situation.